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This child’s name is Abdullah Abdul Rahman. He is seven years old.
The photograph of Abdullah crying as a doctor bandages the stump where he once had a hand was taken by Adil al-Khazali in al-Kindi hospital today January 2oth 2008.
The caption supplied by AP with the photo says that Abdullah was one of the people […]

Posted on January 20th, 2008 under Children, Iraq, Photos, Postcards from Iraq, Women and Children. Tags: Baghdad, Bombings, Children, Sadr City, Scenes From An Iraki Childhood, Women and Children. Comments: None

We wish all our Muslim readers a holy, happy, and peaceful New Year, for our Iraki brothers and sisters we pray especially that God bring us freedom, peace, and fortitude, and that he drive the American barbarians from our sacred soil.
Ali, Ali Ibn Hussayn, Fatima Jameel, Haleema Al-Azzawi, Hussein Al-Bayati, Khaled Al Basrawi, Khalil Ibn […]

Posted on January 9th, 2008 under Iraq, Postcards from Iraq, Team Members. Tags: Hear Our Voices, Iraq, Postcards from Iraq, Team Members. Comments: None

Eid in Mosul

العيد في الموصل

Indexed under: Children, Islam, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Photos, Scenes From An Iraki Childhood

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 under Children, Iraq, Photos, Postcards from Iraq. Tags: Children, Islam, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Photos, Scenes From An Iraki Childhood. Comments: None

The crowd gathers at a relief centre dedicated to feeding the destitute, in particular widows and orphans.

They form a queue waiting to receive food. Children who have both parents dead first, widows with children next, widows with no children last.

Of course when there are so many they will not get very much:

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Posted on November 22nd, 2007 under Children, Iraq, Photos, Postcards from Iraq, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Basrah, Child Poverty, Children, Food Shortages, IDPs (Internal Refugees), Malnourishment, Orphans, Poverty, Women and Children. Comments: 2

 
Mohammed Al-Hamadani
Indexed under: Al Anbar (Governorate), Fallujah

Posted on October 12th, 2007 under Iraq, Photos, Postcards from Iraq, War Crimes. Tags: Al Anbar (Governorate), Fallujah. Comments: None

Indexed under: Baghdad, Children, Education Crisis (Iraq), Women and Children

Posted on September 26th, 2007 under Children, Postcards from Iraq, Women and Children. Tags: Baghdad, Children, Education Crisis (Iraq), Women and Children. Comments: None

Indexed under: Baghdad

Posted on August 5th, 2007 under Iraq, Postcards from Iraq. Tags: Baghdad. Comments Off

Indexed under: Baghdad, Death Squads

Posted on July 23rd, 2007 under Photos, Politics and Security, Postcards from Iraq. Tags: Baghdad, Death Squads. Comments: 2

BAGHDAD, 29 May 2007 (IRIN) - Escalating fighting and sectarian violence are forcing hundreds of families in Iraq to flee their homes on a daily basis, aid agencies say.

Photo: Afif Sarhan/IRIN

Assistance from aid agencies is crucial for IDPs

According to a report released on Sunday by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), an estimated 822,810 […]

Posted on May 29th, 2007 under Children, Health, Human Rights, Iraq, Postcards from Iraq, Women and Children. Tags: Al Anbar (Governorate), Baghdad, Baghdad (Governorate), Basrah, Child Poverty, Children, IRIN, Karbala, Najaf, Women and Children. Comments: None