Iraqi women turn ancient craft into thriving business

2025-09-20T21:28:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News For centuries, Iraqi women have transformed colorful threads into intricate works of art. Today, that same tradition is helping a new generation... Read more »

Qatar said conditioning resumption of mediating role on Israeli apology for Doha strike

Qatar is conditioning its continued role as a mediator in ceasefire and hostage deal talks between Israel and Hamas on a public Israeli apology for the recent strike targeting the leaders of... Read more »

Fractured alliance: Iraq’s CF faces internal strife

Shafaq News With Iraq’s parliamentary elections set for November 11, 2025, rifts inside the Shiite-led Coordination Framework (CF) are widening, with accusations traded and no consensus emerging on core issues, most notably... Read more »

No normalization until Hamas is defeated

Before October 7, Saudi Arabia was on the verge of signing a normalization agreement with Israel, close to joining the Abraham Accords. Today, as the Jewish New Year approaches, the kingdom is... Read more »

Drought pushes Iraq’s marshland communities into exodus

Shafaq News Across Iraq’s southern countryside, fertile villages have withered into barren ground, and families once tied to the land are abandoning homes, livestock, and traditions to seek life elsewhere. Entire communities... Read more »

Rosh Hashanah 5786: The complete guide

Rosh Hashanah 5786 (2025) will fall this year on Monday evening, September 22 – the 1st of Tishrei, and will end on Wednesday evening, September 24 – the end of the 2nd... Read more »

Experts liken surge in celebrity Israel boycott calls to anti-apartheid embargos

From publishing to the music and film industries, growing numbers of Western artists are calling for a cultural boycott of Israel over the Gaza war, hoping to emulate the success of the... Read more »

'Jews are the backbone of history'

Even as Israel faces unprecedented criticism following the war, Rabbi Oury Cherki remains convinced that reality differs from current perceptions. In his view, the current wave of hatred stems not only from... Read more »

Long-lost Picasso work surfaces after 80 years

Auction house experts in Paris have revealed a previously hidden Pablo Picasso masterpiece depicting Dora Maar that disappeared from public view 80 years ago, with the wartime painting now set to command... Read more »

Freedom’s bitter price: How Iraq succeeds and fails to reform its juveniles

Shafaq News Salah Abdul Hassan, now 15, left Iraq’s juvenile correctional facility after serving a sentence for theft. When he first entered, he could not read or write. “I did not know... Read more »