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Archive for May 30th, 2007

Women’s Rights Shrink - The Talibanization of Iraq

Under mounting repression, courageous women fight for their rights and their lives. Is this how the U.S. brought “freedom” to the country?
by Bay Fang
Yanar Mohammed returned to Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime because she thought the veil of tyranny had finally been lifted from her native country. She and […]

IRAQ: Women forced to give up their jobs, marriages

BAGHDAD, 30 May 2007 (IRIN) - When Suha Abdel-Azim, 38, received a letter from her boss saying she had to stop working for security reasons, she couldn’t believe it. After three years as an engineer for a local company, she was fired without compensation.

Photo: Afif Sarhan/IRIN

Many Iraqi women say they are discriminated against

“I was […]

Scenes From An Iraki Childhood May 30th 2007

A boy sits on the rubble of his destroyed home the day after the May 29th truck bombing of the Mosque and Husseiniyah in al-Amil (southwest Baghdad) bodies are still being dug from the collapsed buildings and according to hospital spokesemen the death count from the attack is still rising as seriously wounded people brought […]