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Photoblog: Horses, jockeys, gamblers and racing fans from across Iraq travel to Erbil for the region’s first professional horse race to offer cash betting. Photos by Claire Thomas.
Blog: While Kurdish militias are glorified in the media, press freedoms are suffering in Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region, writes Stephen Brent.
Blog: Iraqi Kurdistan and Catalonia both held popular independence referendums in recent weeks, but the implications of each remain very different, writes Habibulah Mohamed Lamin.
A man in Sulaymaniyah in Iraq Kurdistan chose not to pocket $160,000 lying in an unclaimed bag in a market shop, instead returning the sum to the rightful owner.
Nizar Hanna Nasri sits atop an empire spanning pharmaceuticals, liquor imports, and real estate developments. But his success was built on a far less visible foundation: A globe-spanning trade in black-market cigarettes.
With the help of Saddam Hussein’s son, Waheb Tabra made a fortune smuggling cigarettes in the 1990s. Since the U.S. invasion, he has become a symbol of Iraq's corruption while dealing with everyone from top politicians to the Islamic State.
New 'theatre reportage' brings together participants from around the Arab world and Europe to act scenes from the past year's news from a personal perspective.
Book Club: 'If the world is not just watching, then the world should do something about it,' says teenage author Sham Barham.
Blog: Against the backdrop of political uncertainty and economic stagnation, Kurd Idol offers an upbeat diversion for war-weary Kurds.
Blog: Kurdish people in Turkey are being left to face Ankara's army alone due to a lack of political support from Kurdish leaders in Iraq, warn activists.