This Friday: the New Year in Southern Iraq!
03/18/2008
The people of Southern Iraq are celebrating the New Year this Friday. The celebration is called “Dawrat al-Sana” or “al-Dokhol.” Amazingly, this well-observed tradition by the people of Southern Iraq is, in fact, the Babylonian New Year, the Akitu Festival!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Akitu Festival
Akitu: the [...]
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Happy New Babylonian Year!
Posted in Art, History, Iraq, The South on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brits turned Babylonia into Iraq… let’s fix this mistake!
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq, The South on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Carve Up Iraq: Obsolete Borders and the Myth of Sovereignty
By Mark Fritz Mon Mar 17, 1:06 AM ET
Consider a country so fractured by regional and religious feuds that the most
efficient entities are the organized crime rings cashing in on the chaos.
This was the dilemma facing NATO negotiators when they met in Dayton, Ohio, in
1995 to [...]
Here comes the South! Federalism in Southern Iraq
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq, The South on March 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Changes in Iraq: The Shiite Kings
The Arbil-Baghdad flight was exciting as ever, chaotic, cramped and crowded. But fun. Our flight was delayed – about half a day – which is part of the fun. Except that is for the fact that we had meetings slated for the afternoon. We were expected to check into our [...]
Shiites move towards federal region in the South
Posted in Iraq, News, The South on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Iraqi Lawmakers Pass 3 Crucial, Long-Delayed Laws
By ALISSA J. RUBIN
Published: February 14, 2008
BAGHDAD — Using old-fashioned politicking behind the scenes, Iraq’s parliamentary leaders on Wednesday pushed through three divisive laws that had been held up for months by bitter maneuvering between factions and, recently, threats to dissolve the legislative body.
The three laws are the 2008 [...]
Iraq Shi’ite party urges deal on federalism
Posted in Iraq, News, The South on November 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:37am EST
By Dean Yates and Mariam Karouny
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A powerful Shi’ite political party on Sunday urged Iraq’s other blocs to reach agreement on forming federal regions, saying failure to do so would lead to “dangerous” consequences for the country.
The Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) says the country suffered too much [...]
Shiite writer calls for “rebirth”!
Posted in Articles, History, Iraq, Iraqi Scholars, The South on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Babylonian Society
November 11, 2007
In an op-ed published in sot al-iraq website, Hussien Baqir Jassim called for a rebirth of the Sumerian and Akkadian region in the Southern part of the modern state of Iraq.
The writer who strongly in favor of federalism in Iraq emphasizes the importance of maintaining a unified federal region for all [...]
Al-Najaf Governor Calls Federalism Best Solution For Iraq
Posted in Iraq, News, The South on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
PRAGUE, November 6, 2007 (RFE/RL) — The governor of the Iraqi province of Al-Najaf says that federalism offers the best solution for Iraq’s regions to reconstruct and succeed economically.
As’ad Sultan Abu Gulal said on a visit to RFE/RL in Prague today that his region is using the decentralization of power in Baghdad to make many [...]
