Iraqi Laboratory Engineers Better Crops for Farmers
A researcher at the University of Duhok is experimenting with growing plants in controlled conditions to provide plants to farmers that might resist disease and bear fruit sooner.
Geologists Search for Clues to Dinosaurs’ Extinction
In Iraq, researchers hope to find rock layers that yield an understanding of how and why life came back after dinosaurs died out.
Mosul’s Students Return to a Battered Campus
The University of Mosul’s professors and students have come back to the campus, but have to cope with demolished and scarred infrastructure and lingering security concerns.
Iraqi City Displays Grassroots Urban Planning
New informal settlements built in Duhok are improving their designs, partly out of fear of government reprisals.
Hopeful Vision Rises from An Ancient Iraqi Site
A professor’s visit to a historic church makes him think about using Iraq’s rich history and religious diversity to create economic opportunity.
Refugee Scientists: The Unknown Number
As crises escalate, so does the number of displaced scientists. But a precise overall count is elusive.
Artists Share ‘Local Histories’ of War and Exile
Works by two artists from the Middle East, recently shown in New York, reflect on the effects of conquest, past and present.
Behind the Numbers: Arab Women in Research
Arab participation in research is high compared to the rest of the world, but that rate masks difficulties women face in some countries and in male-dominated disciplines.
How Refugee Children Thrived in an American Classroom
A reporter’s book about a group of refugee children from a variety of backgrounds shows how a good school, and a good teacher, can help.
Last Words of a Leading Iraqi Scholar
In a prescient paper, published posthumously, the sociologist Faleh Abdul Jabar described the social forces at work in recent Iraqi politics.
