Samir, a Sunni Muslim doctor from Mosul, fled IS and is now working in a Shiite Muslim suburb – but he retains a secret identity at the hospital.

One man in Qal’at Saleh, a small town in south-eastern Iraq, keeps the memory of Iraq’s Jews alive.

In the Iraqi village Al-Bunahidh, one man is following the footsteps of his father, headed towards a green future.

Real Sciences is a group of young Iraqis who translate scientific articles into Arabic, believing that a little more of this could combat violence.

A guitar, a sea of fish, birds flying from the barrel of a gun. All in fluorescent pink, painted by Iraqi photographer Jamal Penjweny.

IraQueer – a new online home for the LGBTQ+ community of Iraq and Kurdistan

There once was a time when a journey from Haifa to Beirut to Damascus to Baghdad was possible for anyone with the necessary means.

Iraqi Odyssey is a documentary film directed by Samir and released in 2014. This is the second of a series of film reviews co-published with REORIENT.

Kurdish photographer Jamal Penjweny covers news stories, yet it’s his other, joyful personal projects that truly set him apart.