BAGHDAD — For much of Iraq’s youth, sporting blingy makeup, slicked-up hair and skintight jeans is just part of living the teenage dream. But for their elders, it’s a nightmare. A… ...

ERBIL, Iraq (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the photo that Aziza produces on her mobile phone, her 14-year-old daughter Layla is wearing a pink satin dress and smiling meekly at the camera.

Unregistered marriages are already a loophole enabling child marriage in Iraq, where child marriage rates have been rising over the last 20 years, a March 2024 report by Human Rights Watch found.

STORY: Dressed in traditional clothes and playing folkloric tunes, a group of Black Iraqis paraded through the streets of Basra’s Zubair district, surrounded by children clapping and singing along for ...

As part of its efforts to preserve Assyrian heritage, Jennifer Shahin from ACSYA says the association is keeping alive traditional Assyrian clothing. Most of the world's Assyrians numbering between ...