In the autumn of 2005 an Iraqi writer using the pen name “Shalash” began publishing blog posts about the absurdity of life in Baghdad in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion. The items took the form of ...

Shakir Hassan Al Said, 'Letters,' 1961. Oil, gesso, cotton, linen canvas, 94.2 cm x 82 cm x 2.5 cm. At first glance, it would be difficult to discern this artwork as coming from Arab origins, and not ...

ThatIraqi Artists in Exile, at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art, serves up a scathing view of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. But the exhibit goes ...

It was, Donny George recalls, the hardest day of his life. He knew things were likely to be bad when he returned to Baghdad's Iraq Museum on Sunday, April 13, 2003, days after the fall of Saddam ...

As Iraq rebuilds after decades of brutality, one Baghdad resident is bent on reviving an ancient folk tale that, like much of the country's history, risks being lost in time. "Baghdad Night" is a ...

The Thief of Baghdad is an enormous contradiction of the auteur theory. The 1940 release credits three directors — Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan and Michael Powell — and only the latter assembled a ...

One night in Baghdad in 1932, a Jewish toddler looked up at the stars and saw nothing but darkness. He was totally blind. The odds were that this boy would live a life of poverty and begging. Instead, ...

Baghdad, the majestic capital city of the great Abbasid Caliphate. For centuries, the city was a center of culture, learning, trade and religious life. However, in the 1250’s, Hulagu, brother of the ...

Ali Chami/Daily. Buy this photo. Light from the chandeliers in the Rackham Assembly Hall reflected off the bejeweled djellaba dresses worn by members of the Iraqi Student Association (ISA) as they ...