We remember the millions of innocent Iraqis who suffered and lost their lives in search for their freedom, peace, richness and dignity. We hope the end to your suffering is near and we pray for their safety.

The suffering of the Iraqis has touched the lives of millions on the net both at home and abroad. For those who would like a token of remembrance, feel free to place these ribbons on your pages and to pass them on to friends and colleagues.

For the many who already show their ribbons proudly, thank you.

The Challenge of Conversation
The Courage to Listen

Fall 2003

In October, two Iraqi women scholars, AMAL AL-KHEDAIRY and NERMIN AL-MUFTI, will begin a remarkable tour of the United States, offering the American public a rare opportunity to listen to and interact with informed Iraqi women who passionately want to dispel the assumptions about Iraq, by sharing their personal experiences and extensive knowledge of Iraq’s culture and people

 

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Al BEIT AL IRAQI

Cultural Exchange through Crafts

A Baghdad Art Center Left in Ashes

By DEXTER FILKINS (New York Times)

 BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 16 — Amal al-Khedairy stood amid the ruins of her elegant waterfront home and cursed the people who had rained the bombs on her.

This was a full-throated, almost lunatic fury, sharpened by the Western-educated voice that carried it. For years, Ms. Khedairy ran Baghdad's most luminous artistic center, one that flourished in the face of the dictator, a place dedicated to bringing the worlds of Occident and Orient together.

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Al Beit Al Iraqi like hundreds of other cultural and historical sites in Iraq has suffered from this Anglo American war during the three week bombardment campaign and was later ransacked during the aftermath of the war. At the moment it is healing itself from the wounds that it suffers and will later be re-open to the public. 

We, at Al Beit Al  Iraqi, urge all organizations who stand firm on the importance of historical heritage and culture, to take a stand and interfere and demand the governments of the UK and USA to protect Iraq and its cultural heritage. This is their legal and moral responsibility, in accordance with the Geneva conventions which identifies the role of the occupying army to save the heritage of the occupied lands. We meanwhile continue our online services as earlier. 

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