Cultural heritage has become a cornerstone of Iraq's post-Saddam foreign policy. But that same heritage can be more divisive at home. The post Iraq's Cultural Heritage Can Be a Double-Edged Sword ...

Iraq's interim minister of culture, Mufid Muhammad Jawad al-Jaza'iri, visited RFE/RL's offices in Prague today. Al-Jaza'iri was appointed to serve as minister of culture last September. A member ...

A new generation of artists, collectors and educators is tapping into the country’s desire to create and experience art ...

The Mosul Cultural Museum in Iraq burst into global consciousness in February 2015 when ISIS, the extremist, terrorist organization locally known as Daesh, posted videos of its adherents toppling ...

Iraq's Embassy in Ankara has officially received 6 ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets from Turkey in a ceremony, part of ...

Ahmed al-Hayderi performed in a rock band when he was a teenager in Baghdad in the 1970s. Hashim al-Tawil studied painting and became an artist. Those were heady days, a time of diversity and ...

"Assalamu alaykum, Ahlan wa sahlan, welcome." With these words, Iraqi sheikhs greet a group of marines in a narrow room at the beginning of a training session. The class is part of "Mojave Viper", a ...

ISTANBUL — The blows just keep on coming. In Mosul, militants who call themselves the Islamic State late last month blew up the Tomb of Jonah — he who the Bible says survived in the belly of a ...

The State's evidence was that Yasir, an Iraqi immigrant, was upset that his former wife, Ibtihal Darraji, had changed her behavior and beliefs in ways that did not conform to Iraqi culture.

Two decades after US military invasion left it spiraling out of control, a more stable Iraq is beginning to attract international visitors. Here’s what they say about their experiences.