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Postponed Funerals

People watched it, and knew they were not watching a passing funeral, but rather their own oppression and pain, hidden for years. Journalists wept, residents wept, women broke down, and children's hearts melted from grief. It was as if a great reservoir of sorrow had burst open, releasing all the pain it held onto every face. People wept among the crowd, even those carrying the remains of their neighbors' and...


Al-Meqdad Jamil Meqdad | 06-08-2026

Under the Cover of Law in Iraq: How Do Men Buy Time at the Expense of Their Children?

Behind the lawyers’ robes and the courthouses, the trickery is carefully orchestrated. Lawyers working in personal status courts report that challenging or denying paternity is frequently offered as a tactical advice to husbands by their legal representatives. Sometimes, men pick up these strategies from closed social media groups and digital ‘manospheres’, where users exchange methods for evading alimony obligations and undermining women’s legal rights.


Amani Al-Hassan | 30-07-2026
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