Having endured three brutal wars in less than thirty years, exacerbated by more than twelve years of UN sanctions, Iraq has witnessed both its physical and civil infrastructure crumble, leaving behind a humanitarian crisis of an unimaginable scale
The health system
The Iraqi health system did not escape the wrath of the conflict. In addition to the structural damage that health buildings, telecommunications systems and the road networks suffered, the mass looting that ensued as a result...
By Dr Hasna Kadem
For more than twenty years I had lived in Britain and it felt like home. I enjoyed the freedom, the broad opportunities for education and, moreover, the multicultural society I lived in. Every single day was a new chance for acquiring knowledge and experience. Although I initially struggled to adapt to the new life and new society, gradually I started to appreciate the values of tolerance and acceptance amongst people from different cultures from all over the world. So when...