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Arbaeen, a pilgrimage marking Imam Hussain's martyrdom, will be observed from August 25 to 26, 2024, ending a 40-day mourning period that begins with Ashura
Culture: A Museum in Baghdad, which debuts in mid-October, tells the story behind the theft of Iraq's cultural property and archival history.
FGM, in which a girl or woman's genitals are cut or removed, was once extremely common in the Kurdish region, but WADI's campaigning has chipped away at the practice.
Book Club: A very impressive debut novel by Ruqaya Izzidien, full of hope, life and the struggle that comes with living through war, reviews Amena Ravat.
![mosul mosque rebuild [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/A0A0F739-C3EA-4D24-9162-D39348350F68.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=T8kmCHCO "mosul mosque rebuild [Getty]")
Mosul's Al-Nuri Mosque hosted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's only public appearance as IS chief, when he declared a self-styled 'caliphate' after jihadists swept across Iraq and Syria.
An Iraqi artisan has brought a 5000-year-old board game back to life.
Iraq's soaring water pollution is threatening the religious rites of its tight-knit Mandaean community.
Young people have become trapped and suffocated in neglected sewers.
![Iraq cuneiform [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/E456D6E4-6800-4A95-B3D3-4B8550830F5C.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=q4PU41r8 "Iraq cuneiform [Getty]")
US firm Hobby Lobby was fined $3million and agreed to forfeit the artefacts, which were smuggled out of the Middle East marked as "tile samples".
Places of worship, such as those of Christians, Yazidis and other minorities, were targeted by IS, and many fled their homes during the three years of the group's occupation.