The women "9 Parts of Desire" is not a traditional multi-character play with a straightforward story to tell. Rather, it features nine ordinary Iraqi women living separate, but extraordinary lives ...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city ...

This one-woman show lifts the veil on exactly what it means to be a woman in the age-old war zone that is Iraq. Playwright Raffo, who is part American and Iraqi, interviewed hundreds of Iraqi women ...

Elizabeth Goitein's May 24 op-ed, "Stand Up for Iraqi Women," unfairly criticized the Bush administration for paying insufficient attention to the situation of women in Iraq. In fact, we are doing ...

KHANKE, Iraq — In the wind-swept town of Khanke in northern Iraq, a fragile tree stands as a quiet symbol of resilience. Its slender trunk bends slightly in the dry breeze, its roots gripping ...

Such cases can be difficult to document. An Iraqi Human Rights ministry report said 249 women were murdered in 2010, including for reasons of "honour crimes", without giving a breakdown.

Iraqi Christians push for Personal Status Law amid controversial amendments related to child marriage, divorce rights, and child custody.

The film, based on director and retired Special Warfare Operator First Class Ray Mendoza's real-world experience in the Iraq War, is a gritty, real-time combat action between Navy SEALs and Iraqi ...