Iraq: Ashurah · Global Voices
Salam Adil

Mohammed of Iraq The Model reports on how the Ashura festival passed in Baghdad: “For many Iraqis, the wheel of time had stopped 14 centuries ago and it seems that it is the past not the present that is more influential in the lives and mentality of many Iraqis.” and talks about the latest political news: “The good news … was that women have secured their constitutional right in the parliament by getting even one seat more than the originally desired“.