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Chopping Onions on my Heart by Samantha Ellis review – an Iraqi Jew’s celebration of an endangered culture

In this deeply personal but wryly funny memoir, the author examines her Middle Eastern ancestry and asks what it means to witness her community and their traditions fade from memory

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2025

‘Too sticky. Too saucy. Too weird’: could I persuade my son to eat the food of my heritage?

Before she became a mother, Samantha Ellis secretly judged other parents who let their children subsist on white bread and pesto-pasta. And when her son was born she couldn’t wait to share the Iraqi Jewish food of her ancestors. Unfortunately, he had other ideas …

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025

How Islamic State used video to legitimise its caliphate

The rise of the self-styled Islamic State (IS) has been described as an “accident of history” which took place as a result of the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003.

The Conversation · Apr 2, 2025

Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s brutal Iraq film Warfare offers only violence – to its detriment

3/5 The director of ‘Civil War’ and a real-life Iraq veteran have rounded up a cast of young stars – including Will Poulter, Kit Connor and Charles Melton – for a film that focuses on a few hours of chaos in Ramadi province in 2006

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025

Three Years On, Families Still Mourn Relatives Drowned In Channel

Mohammed Hussein Mohammedie was just 19 when he left Iraq and attempted the perilous English Channel crossing in November 2021.

International Business Times · Mar 27, 2025

Palestine keep hopes of first World Cup alive with dramatic Iraq turnaround

Palestine score twice in the final minutes of their Group B qualifier for a historic 2-1 win against Iraq in Jordan.

Al Jazeera · Mar 25, 2025

US warns Iraq to crack down on Iranian-backed militant groups

‘The government of Iraq must ensure it has command and control of all security forces’ within its borders, State Department declares

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2025

Migrant’s Unbelievable Claim Works in Court: No ID, No Phone, No Deportation

An Iraqi man has managed to avoid being deported from the UK after claiming a people smuggler tossed his ID and forced him to get rid of his phone while on his way to Britain.

The Fashion Central · Mar 24, 2025

Iraqi asylum seeker has deportation delayed after people smuggler ‘threw away his phone and ID’

The man reportedly fled Iraq after he was threatened with arrest for alleged exam fraud

Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2025

Kurds in Iraq and Syria celebrate the Newroz festival of spring at a time of new political horizons

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025