Niqash

Niqash is a publication of the German non-profit organization MICT – Media in Cooperation and Transition, committed to the development of media projects in the Middle East and North Africa. MICT is financed and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, UNESCO, UNIFEM, UNAMI, UNDP, the DOEN Foundation, DFID, the Bosch Foundation, DAAD, the Belgian Foreign Office and the Government of Canada.

BACK FROM THE ASHES?

Where ISIS Will Make Its Last Stand

The so-called Islamic State remains in control of three strategic towns while other fighters have retreated to the mountains, and sleeper cells operate at the gates of Baghdad.

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NSFW

Iraqi Tribes Go to War With Facebook Trolls

Clicking on the Like button can get you fined thousands of dollars, but the penalties could be worse in a land where deadly blood feuds are still a fact of life.

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A LOAD OF BOLLARDS

ISIS Readies for the Siege of Mosul

ISIS is boasting that, like the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century, its fighters will be able to withstand any attacks. Locals doubt it.

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IRAQ

A Backlash Against ISIS—and the Veil

Many Iraqis once saw the niqab as a symbol of female piety. But the presence of ISIS—and its insistence that women cover up—has sparked a backlash against the full-face veil.

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