Iraq News » Babylon News Iraq » Babylon » Culture: Babylon was once an ancient wonder. Today it’s a very different story
The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ground in soft clouds, carrying a faint scent that seems older than time ...
News Iraq » Babylon » Culture: ‘Returning to Babylon’ Review: Discovery Amid Destruction
It is precisely because the Mosul Museum director Zaid Ghazi Saadallah seems so composed during “Returning to Babylon” that his pain seems all the more acute, his anger just barely repressed.
News Iraq » Babylon » Culture: 'Memory is a form of resistance': President Herzog commemorates the Farhud
The Farhud marked the beginning of the end of a cohesive Jewish community in Iraq. Ten years later, in 1952, under the code name Operation Ezra and Nehemiah, the bulk of Iraqi Jewry left for Israel.
News Iraq » Babylon » Culture: UNESCO lists Iraq’s Babylon as World Heritage Site
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee voted on Friday to list the sprawling Mesopotamian metropolis of Babylon as a World Heritage Site after three decades of lobbying efforts by Iraq. Iraq had been ...