Topic: Iraq
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Five books to read on migration
Novels and memoirs to remind us that migration is a tale as old as time, and is essential to our survival, from Megha Majumdar’s A Guardian And a Thief to Cecile Pin’s Wandering Souls
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A grand tour of the world’s Islamic history — in a 20-year-old Toyota Yaris
Haris Tagari spent three months driving across Europe in 2025. Now, he's setting off on his biggest journey yet, tracing the Silk Road to Mongolia while living in his car
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New book traces the deep connections between the Qur’an and Torah
The authors hope their work will help to dispel misconceptions and build better relationships between both Muslims and Jewish people
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What did Arab scholars think of Homer and The Odyssey?
The epic Greek poem, now brought to the big screen by director Christopher Nolan, has a shared cultural ancestry with Arab literature
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New novel brings the forgotten story of Saddam Hussein’s atrocities against Iraqi Kurds to life
Human rights investigator Joost Hiltermann spent years documenting the murderous Anfal campaign. Now he is using fiction to tell the real story
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How fragrance layering has its roots in the Middle East
A growing number of people are combining scents in a practice that dates back to the origins of perfumery
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Another Sky brings together a constellation of experimental sounds
Returning for its third edition, the grassroots London-based music festival provides a showcase of boundary-breaking artists from the Swana region
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Five of the best eats for 2025
Fadi Kattan's Akub, Berenjak on a budget, the joy of vada pavs, Dutch satay and an Iraqi comfort-food gem
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The best music of 2025
From new releases to rediscovered treasures, the past year has been filled with innovative, exciting and emotive work by artists of Muslim heritage and beyond
