our festival. I would like to say a few words to welcome you all here and especially our guests from the international community. Many of you may know‚ that we have been working very hard on the developing Iraq’s first Human Rights film Festival BAGHDAD EYE. Our festival is the first attempt ever in Iraq to use the art of the cinema to raise awareness‚ and to help spread the culture of human rights in the spirit of tolerance‚ justice‚ freedom‚ love and harmony. Our aim is to reach Iraqi audiences
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in late 1922. Three separate provinces - Basra‚ Baghdad‚ and Mosul - came under British control in 1918. The British called the entire area Mesopotamia‚ drew new national boundaries around it‚ and changed the name to Iraq. This meant that three very different groups were all enclosed within the same boundaries. Kurds and Christians‚ mostly refugees from Turkey‚ were established in the North; a very large Jewish population formed a community in Baghdad; and Arabs‚ bitterly divided into Sunni and Shiite
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Macedonia. His great parents were King Philip the 2nd and his mother Queen of Olympia. Alexander The Great had several major accomplishments throughout his life as the King of Macedonia. Alexander The Great died on May 323 B.C at the age of 32 years in Baghdad. Alexander The Great showed he was in charge of the Ancient World by ruling and conquering territories. In 15 years‚ he never lost a battle. To began with‚ Alexander The Great was born on July 20‚ 356 B.C in Macedonia. Alexander The Great parents
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The United States invaded Iraq on March 20th‚ 2003. Before the invasion‚ Iraq was in post-war reconstruction after losing the First Gulf War in 1991. Saddam Hussein’s terrible leadership caused Iraq to be a country in poverty. The United States invaded Iraq in order to assassinate Hussein and to stabilize Iraq. Saddam Hussein and his family moved from city to city to escape the assassination. The United States had bombed many cities and killed many civilians during this search for Hussein. The United
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shows a few reasons. Emos happen to be bullied quite a bit more than Goths. For example‚ in Baghdad‚ two young men were kidnapped because they were Emos. In some Middle Eastern countries‚ Emos are arrested and condemned as “Disciples of Satan‚” or as homosexuals (DPA‚ Hamburg‚ Germany. 13 March‚ 2012). Despite the kidnappings and killings of Emos‚ the Emo subculture is also becoming very popular in Baghdad‚ especially within the teenagers. “Fadiya‚ a 19-year-old university student‚ has suddenly changed
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Mr. Norie Sabayan I. A and B Arabic mathematics: forgotten brilliance? Indian mathematics reached Baghdād‚ a major early center of Islam‚ about ad 800. Supported by the ruling caliphs and wealthy individuals‚ translators in Baghdād produced Arabic versions of Greek and Indian mathematical works. The need for translations was stimulated by mathematical research in the Islamic world. Islamic mathematics also served
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Brooklyn Technical High School America’s War in Afghanistan and Iraq An analysis of America’s current wars Sayif Rahman American History 1‚ Period 3 Ms. Scherman January 18‚ 2013 Rahman‚ 1 In the last decade‚ America has engaged in war in two middle-eastern countries. These countries are Afghanistan and Iraq. America has waged war against these countries for common reasons‚ but each war also had its unique cause for war. America had a just cause in its war in Afghanistan
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During the Post-Classical Age‚ cities and urban areas in Muslim society played critical roles in religion because Muslim people had to make religious pilgrimages to Holy Cities such as Mecca and Jerusalem‚ trade because the cities had huge complexes which allowed trade to flourish‚ and cultural advancement because the cities were filled with a variety of different people as well as there were great advancement in education. Cities in Muslim society played a major role in religion because they
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Saddam Hussein From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from Saddam) Saddam Hussein Enlarge Saddam Hussein Saddām Hussein ʻAbd al-Majid al-Tikrītī (Often spelled Husayn or Hussain; Arabic صدام حسين عبدالمجيد التكريتي; born April 28‚ 1937 1) was President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. A rising star in the revolutionary Ba’ath
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be more of a threat then Iraq. Prior to this the United States had removed Iraq from the State Department list of state that sponsors terrorism. The United States did all this in hope of a closer relationship with Baghdad‚ Iraq. This step the United States made to get closer to Baghdad is what opened the door for the United States to have access to Iraq. By November 1984‚ the relationship between the United States and Iraq had been at full diplomatic. Needless to say‚ the United States did not
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