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وسيم باسم

وسيم باسم هو صحفي عراقي متخصص في متابعة الظواهر الاجتماعية من خلال التحقيقات والتقارير المنشورة في وسائل الإعلام المختلفة بما في ذلك الاسبوعية، باب نور وإيلاف.

Iraqi gravekeeper Ali Mansur points to the tomb of Gertrude Bell in Iraq April 30, 2006. Bell, an "oriental secretary" to British governments, was credited with drawing the boundaries of modern Iraq out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War One. Bell, also a British traveller, writer and linguist, was one of the most powerful women of the 1920s, an adviser to empire builders and confidante to kings. She died in Baghdad in 1926 and rests in a forgotten cemetery in the capital. Picture t

ما زالت عظام جنود الدول العظمى ترقد بسلام في التّربة العراقيّة

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Iraqi Shi'ite youths use computers at an internet cafe in Sadr City in Baghdad May 3, 2014. Iraq is now gripped by its worst violence since the heights of its 2005-2008 sectarian war, and Sunni Islamist insurgents who target Shi'ites have been regaining ground in the country over the past year. But despite the instability, daily life continues in poor Shi'ite neighbourhoods of Baghdad such as Al-Fdhiliya and Sadr City - a sprawling slum marred by poor infrastructure and overcrowding. Picture taken May 3, 20

مواقع التواصل الاجتماعيّ تحرج السياسيّين العراقيّين

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Residents shop ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan at the Shorja wholesale market in central Baghdad, June 28, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) - RTR3W674

سوق الشورجة في بغداد... "بارومتر" لعلاقة السياسة بالاقتصاد

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Iraqi gypsy families gather outside their shack that serves as their home in the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniya January 4, 2006. Scorned by religious Muslims and barely tolerated by the rest of society, Iraq's Gypsies have a precarious existence. Lacking education or skills, they form one of the lower rungs of Iraq's social system. To match feature IRAQ GYPSIES REUTERS/Imad Al-Khozai - RTR17RDG

لا رقص ولا غناء في قرية "الفوار" الغجريّة

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Students attend the first day of the new school term in Baghdad October 22, 2014. Children went back to school at the start of the new term on Wednesday amid increased security in Baghdad, as conflict rages in the country. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad (IRAQ - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR4B4OY

التّعنيف في مدارس العراق... إلى متى؟

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Iraqi youths have lunch at a restaurant in eastern Baghdad May 4, 2014. Iraq is now gripped by its worst violence since the heights of its 2005-2008 sectarian war, and Sunni Islamist insurgents who target Shi'ites have been regaining ground in the country over the past year. But despite the instability, daily life continues in poor Shi'ite neighbourhoods of Baghdad such as Al-Fdhiliya and Sadr City - a sprawling slum marred by poor infrastructure and overcrowding. Picture taken May 4, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed J

هل ما زالت مواسم الهجرة من العراق مفتوحة؟

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Residents buy vegetables in a market in Baghdad's Karrada district August 14, 2012. Iraq relies on imports from neighbours like Syria, Turkey and Iran for 95 percent of its consumer goods. Syria in particular is a key supplier of manufactured goods, fresh vegetables and fruit. But as an uprising there against President Bashar al-Assad grinds through its 17th month, the supply of Syrian goods to Iraq is slowly drying up as Syrian businesses are forced to close and trucks struggle to cross borders that have s

المنتج الزراعي والصناعي المحلي غائب، والعراقيون يستوردون الجزء الأكبر من حاجتهم من خارج البلاد

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Iraqis walk past a traditional building in the oldest alley of the capital Baghdad on December 13, 2013. Baghdad was once the capital of an empire and the centre of the Islamic world, but at 1,250 years old, the Iraqi city is a far cry from its past glories after being ravaged by years of war and sanctions. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

العراقيّون يفرّطون بتراثهم المعماريّ باسم التجديد

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Shi'ite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), take part in weapons training in Najaf, July 18, 2014. The United Nations accused Islamic State fighters in Iraq of executions, rape and forced recruitment of children during a campaign to seize much of northern Iraq, part of a conflict it said has killed almost 5,600 civilians this year. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marj

شعارات التّعبئة وانتشار السلاح ومجالس العزاء ترسم عسكرة المجتمع

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Labourers work at a construction site in Karrad district in Baghdad April 3, 2013. Thanks to a partial improvement of security and an oil boom, Iraqis' average incomes are rising sharply, and they are able to save more. But many of these savings are not being channelled into the stock market, where they could earn returns, or even into bank deposits, where they could be lent on to companies for fresh investment. Instead, they are going into real estate. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ - Tags: BUSINESS REAL EST

مقاولات فاسدة لمشاريع الإعمار في العراق

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Security personnel surround the vehicle of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as it leaves Baghdad's Sadr city November 26, 2006. Angry fellow Shi'ites threw rocks at Maliki's motorcade during his visit on Sunday to pay his respects to some of the 202 victims of last week's devastating bombing. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ) - RTR1JQ7U

حمايات المسؤولين في العراق فوق القانون

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An Iraqi soldier stands guard below the Statue of Mutanabbi, a 10th century poet and one of the towering figures of Arabic literature, on the banks of the Tigris River in Baghdad December 16, 2011. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: SOCIETY MILITARY) - RTR2VBFQ

الشعراء الشعبيون في العراق.. بين الدعاية والابداع

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