A simple Google search on ‘Mosul’ will most likely return plenty of pictures of a destructed city. However, when you add the word ‘Space’ to the search term, you will find images of young people working on their future and the future of their city. This community of young people is ‘Mosul Space’, a maker… Verder lezen
When you see the pictures on Advenature’s Facebook page – filled with mountains, rivers, and beautiful landscapes – few would expect these to be taken in Iraq. With his company Advenature, Yousef Al-Fahad, hopes to change the picture of Iraq by showing the natural treasures that his country has to offer. As he strives for… Verder lezen
When you are sitting in any place in Iraq, you will experience that at some moment the electricity will turn off for a second. It will, however, quickly switch on again. This shift between the public and private electricity services in Iraq proves that Iraq is not able to provide electricity for the whole nation… Verder lezen
When you move out of your home country, what can you still do to support your homeland? A lot, as the story of Hella Sketch shows. With her creative sketches, Halah Ziad helps to create openness for different ideas under young Iraqis. Furthermore, Zaid plays her part by raising awareness on COVID-19 and breaking the… Verder lezen
While Europe is caught up in the Coronavirus crisis, Iraq – apart from this pandemic – faces many other problems that need to be addressed. Therefore, social enterprises FikraSpace and the Station are attempting to create problem solvers in Iraq by focusing on entrepreneurship and technical talents. Although there wasn’t much attention for entrepreneurship in… Verder lezen
An important Commission in the Netherlands – led by Hans Borstlap – recently put forward a policy advice in which permanent jobs were marked as ‘the norm’. However, a few thousand kilometres east, Mohammed Alkhafaji from Baghdad considers temporary jobs as the best solution to youth unemployment in Iraq. He is determined to work on… Verder lezen