Daniela Najem Abbo, member of the Assyrian volleyball team in Iraq. When not playing volleyball, Doreen Romel Shamow competes for her country's national basketball team, a team she has played with ...

IRBIL, Iraq — Seven days after the legendary Iraqi singer Sajida Obaid died, women sat wrapped in black veils and abayas, their faces wet at her family home in the northern city of Irbil. Some were ...

BAGHDAD (AP) - Hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by Sunni militants with "vicious plans," an Iraqi official said Friday, further underscoring the dire plight ...

Please join us for an intimate and informative gathering on Monday, June 21st at the home of Patsy and Ted Barber in Northampton, MA. We would like to offer you the opportunity to meet the Prosperity ...

Two weeks into Mariam's forced marriage to her cousin according to Iraqi tribal custom, she desperately doused herself in fuel, flicked on a lighter and attempted suicide by self-immolation. The ...

DARK skies were threatening rain over an Iraqi Kurdistan village, but one woman refused to budge from outside a house where two girls were at risk of female genital mutilation. “I know you’re home! I ...

Iraq wants to return hundreds of foreign women and their children detained in the country, though two foreign diplomats told AFP on Monday the process would be a lengthy one.

BAGHDAD, Iraq Gunmen attacked Shiite women picking vegetables in a field outside the capital Friday, killing six adults and two young girls and kidnapping two teenagers. It was one of the deadliest ...

Shimaa Qasim said in a live Instagram video on Sunday that she received texts vowing “you’re next” in a campaign suspected of targeting "Westernized" women. The beauty queen received the terrifying ...

The Tony Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre is debuting the new play, "Iraq, But Funny," which follows five generations of Assyrian women — narrated by a British guy. Writer and performer Atra Asdou ...