Baghdad is a city that looms large in the American imagination. In 2003, at the start of the last Iraq war, it was occupied by U.S. troops. In the years that followed, thousands of U.S. citizens ...

Baghdad, the majestic capital city of the great Abbasid Caliphate. For centuries, the city was a center of culture, learning, ...

It seems that Baghdad is in the news every day as a result of the war in Iraq, but once upon a time, this ancient city was a leading world center of culture and education. Here’s a brief look at its ...

Erin Rice is a Contributor from the United States. She has a Master of Arts in Composition and Rhetoric and works as a professor and Academic Advisor. She has been writing about video games for a ...

Strings of bulbs festooning the Imam Kazim shrine’s four majestic minarets light up the sky over Baghdad’s Shiite Kazimiyah neighborhood, attracting thousands of nighttime worshippers. Coffee houses ...

Think of Baghdad and for most people what comes to mind is a city of damaged buildings and concrete checkpoints. This is what Caecilia Pieri expected the first time she visited the Iraqi capital just ...

In the first of Ghaith Abdul-Ahad’s extraordinary series of films to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, he investigates the claims that the US military surge is bringing stability to Iraq. By ...

Iraq's capital city is already seeing record heat — up to 125 degrees Fahrenheit. A report predicts more 120-plus degree days to come. And the... Baghdad is already pretty hot. And it's likely to get ...

Baghdad (AFP) – An Iraqi professor leading a group of students on a walking tour of Baghdad's historic centre invites them to stop and admire a centuries-old stone wall erected to shield the city from ...

Just when you think the Noir Series from Akashic Books has gone everywhere — Lagos, Montana, and earlier this year, Prague — editors Tim McLoughlin and Johnny Temple (the publisher of Akashic) find a ...

The Baghdad City of Peace Carnival started four years ago, with a young woman named Noof Assi. "We started talking to people about a celebration for peace day in Baghdad," Assi says. She's referring ...

Baghdad Municipality culled 19,386 stray dogs in 11 months amid public outcry over a resident's rabies death, sparking criticism of safety and treatment protocols.