#iraqi

[purexenophilia]

Sumerian/Mesopotamian Amulet Seal in the Form of a Bull, c. 3250 BCE.

[zegalba]

A displaced Iraqi woman holds her cat, Lulu, while waiting for transport in the Iraqi Kurdish checkpoint village of Shaqouli after she fled her home with her children on November 10, 2016.

[aimusclesbeasts]

IRAQI SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT BASSAM AL-BATTAR AGE : 26. HEIGHT : 1M92 (6'3) WEIGHT OFF-SEASON : 183KG (403LBS)

[wearepeace]

“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.” ― Neil Armstrong

[yourdailyqueer]

Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz (Deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 14 November 1913 

RIP: 14 July 1958

Ethnicity: Iraqi

Occupation: Nobility

Note: Was a cousin and brother-in-law of King Ghazi of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq and was regent for his nephew King Faisal II, from 4 April 1939 to 23 May 1953, when Faisal came of age. Abd al-Ilah also held the title of Crown Prince of Iraq from 1943 to 1953.

[nando161mando]

🚨🇾🇪 BREAKING: The Yemeni Armed Forces announce, in cooperation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, the targeting of a vital target at the Port of Asdod (north of #Gaza), as well as the targeting of an important target in the Port of Haifa.

Additionally, the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a qualitative operation targeting the ship "TUTOR" in the Red Sea, due to its parent company's violation of the ban on the ports of occupied Palestine.

[majestativa]

A beast (awaits you) there, dreaming of you above all others.

— Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, Placing the Poet: Badr Shakir al-Sayyab and Postcolonial Iraq, compiled by Terri DeYoung, (1998)

[lgbtqreads]

Happy Arab American Heritage Month 2025!

It’s Arab American Heritage Month, and as always, we’re celebrating with books starring protagonists of Arab descent!  Young Adult A Guide to the Dark by Miriam Metoui Something is building, simmering just out of reach. The room is watching. But Mira and Layla don’t know this yet. When the two best friends are stranded on their spring break college tour road trip, they find themselves at the…

[secular-jew]

Who's the aggressor again?

[the-first-man-is-a-cat]

Iraqi Jewish Immigrants in Israel, 1951 // Photo by Avraham Malevsky

[foxtrotsigma]

ISOF in an engagement in northern Iraq.

[purexenophilia]

Lioness Devouring a Man, Phoenician Ivory Panel, c. 9th-8th century BCE. From the palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, northern Mesopotamia, Iraq.

[the-jumblr-cookbook]

Iraqi Apricot Meatballs

Ever since I made this dish, I have been singing its praises to whoever will listen. The sauce is so flavourful, the meatballs tender, and the apricots and mint really just top it off.

The original recipe calls for 1 hr cooking time including prep, but the meatballs can be made a few hours ahead, or overnight if needed.

-Mod Asher

Type: meal, meat, kosher

Estimated cooking time: 45 mins (incl prep)

Ingredients:

Meatballs

1 lb/450g - 500g ground beef, lamb, or a mixture of the two.

1 cup chopped Italian parsley

1 cup finely chopped yellow onion

1 tsp kosher salt

¼ tsp ground black pepper

2 slices of bread (like challah or ciabatta), crusts removed, soaked in water - I don't recommend using sandwich or toast bread, as it's too soft.

Sauce

¼ cup olive oil

1 yellow onion, diced

¼ cup tomato paste

1 Tbsp dried mint or ¼ cup chopped fresh mint

¼ tsp ground cardamom

1 Tbsp sugar - if using sweetened apricots, reduce sugar to 2tsp.

1 ½ tsp salt

⅛ tsp white pepper

1 ½ cup water, at room temperature

3 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp paprika

1 cup (4 oz.) unsweetened dried apricots

¼ cup golden raisins (optional)

cooked rice, for serving

Utensils + Tools:

small and medium bowls

large skillet or saucepan

Large spoon

Knife

Instructions:

To make the meatballs, put ground meat, parsley, onion, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Squeeze the water out of the bread, add to the beef and mix with your hands. Shape into 1½-inch/3.8cm meatballs and set aside on a tray or plate.

Heat olive oil in a large skillet or pot on medium-high heat, then add onion and saute until golden, around 6 mins. Add tomato paste, mint, cardamom, sugar, salt and white pepper, stir and cook for another minute.

Add water, lemon juice and paprika and bring to boil, then reduce heat and cook on low simmer for 5 mins. Taste the sauce and adjust salt and sugar if needed.

Add meatballs to the skillet and spoon sauce over them. Scatter the apricots and raisins between the meatballs. Bring back to a boil on medium-high heat, then reduce heat to a low simmer (sauce should be forming small bubbles), cover and cook for 15 minutes. Gently flip the meatballs and cook for another 15 minutes until the meatballs are cooked through.

Serve with cooked rice.

CREDIT

The Nosher

[haykhighland]

I think about this a lot

[wearepeace]

“Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

[yourdailyqueer]

Wafia Al-Rikabi

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Pansexual

DOB: 4 August 1993

Ethnicity: Iraqi, Syrian

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician