Attack at Iraqi University Kills 5
A bombing at a private Shiite college in Iraq on Sunday was likely an attempt to fan sectarian conflict in the run-up to the first parliamentary election since American troops pulled out of the country...
View ArticleIraqi Academics Gloomy About Nation’s Elections
Iraqi academics said they were pessimistic about their future security and the prospects of higher-education development and academic freedom as they went to the polls this week in the country’s first...
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In Western Iraq, a University Barely Hangs On
Fighting in western Iraq has left students at the University of Anbar in western Iraq uncertain if they will finish the academic year. Fighting has disrupted studies at other universities throughout...
View ArticleWhy I Left the “Dream Profession”
I qualified to be a doctor but instead I have decided to be a journalist. This may seem like a crazy decision to many but I am confident that my experience is similar to the experiences of many young...
View ArticleIraqi Cheating Scandal Triggered by Militia Visits
Some Iraqi students have been caught up in a cheating scandal after armed militia fighters showed up at about 60 exam centers in western Baghdad bearing the answers to questions on a national test. The...
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Iraqi Private Schools Grow While Public Schools Crumble
After decades of state control of secondary education, Iraq is letting bloom hundreds of private schools that parents hope will send their sons and daughters to the country’s top universities. But the...
View ArticleIslamic State Advance in Iraq Closes Eight Universities
Eight universities across northern Iraq have been shuttered and appear unlikely to open soon after the sweep of extremist fighters through the region. After students and faculty members fled the...
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What Education Is Like Under the Islamic State
As the Islamic State tightens its rule on Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, the militant group has begun to turn its eyes on education, casting a shadow over the start of the school year. Islamic...
View ArticlePlan To Move Women Out of Baghdad University is Halted
Ongoing protests from students and faculty may have forced the Iraqi government to back off a controversial plan to carve out a new female-only institution from Baghdad University, the country’s oldest...
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Franz Kafka: Meet the Islamic State
Iraqi university students living in Islamic-State controlled areas are finding themselves in an Arabic version of a Kafka tale, with a war-zone atmosphere and plot twists centered on checkpoints. But...
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The Islamic State’s Plan for Universities
What is the Islamic State’s vision for universities? The residents of Mosul, Iraq are finding out. Closed since the Islamic State’s blitzkrieg takeover of much of northern Iraq and Syria this summer,...
View ArticleThe Teaching of Fine Art in Iraq Is Deteriorating
The study of illustration, painting, sculpture and similar fields is at risk in Iraq, reflecting the nation’s wavering commitment to the arts in general. As the cradle of the Sumerian, Akkadian,...
View ArticleMy Facebook Pages Got Caught in a Culture War
When I decided to create my Facebook pages on Mesopotamia and global art in 2009. I thought they would be around for a long time. I was wrong. I started the pages to share my passion for art,...
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