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Adapting a PC to work in Arabic or other right-to-left languages used to be a complicated business, often involving the purchase of special software. Nowadays it is a lot simpler, especially if you have one of the newer versions of Windows, such as XP or Windows 2000.
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A confederation agreement between the Free Officers' Movement and the Assyrian National Congress, signed on 15 June, 2002.
Full text: original was signed in English and Arabic versions. Source: ANC.
IRAQ FIRST - DECLARATION OF CONFEDERATION
In accordance with the fundamentals of Iraqi patriotism…
Background note
On February 11, 2011, Hosni Mubarak resigned after 29 years and 120 days as president of Egypt. His overthrow – the result of a huge popular uprising – came less than a month after the fall of President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali under similar circumstances in Tunisia
I have compiled…
Evidence against Saddam Hussein's regime, compiled by the British government
24 September 2002
FULL TEXT
Also available inPDF format (English)andPDF (Arabic)
Forewordby Tony Blair, the Prime Minister
Executive summary:The indictment of Iraq's Saddam
Part One: Chapter 1:The role of…
US draft of a proposed resolution on Iraq, put before the UN Security Council for a vote on 15 October 2003. (Co-sponsored by Britain, Cameroon and Spain.)
FULL TEXT
THE SECURITY COUNCIL,
REAFFIRMING its previous resolutions on Iraq, including resolution 1483 (2003) of 22. May 2003 and 1500 (2003…
Remarks to the United Nations Security Council by Colin Powell, US Secretary of State
5 February 2003
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(also available athttp://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2003/17300.htm, with accompanyingslides and video clips.)
SECRETARY POWELL:Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President and Mr. Secretary…
The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, is due to arrive in Baghdad today, defying western objections and delivering a propaganda coup for the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein.
Mr Chavez will be the first elected head of state to meet Mr Saddam since the 1991 Gulf war. Iraq yesterday hailed the visit as…
This is an unofficial translation of the draft Iraqi constitution which will be voted on in a national referendum. An official version in Arabic can be foundhere. An alternative translation, by the Associated Press, ishere.
1.Fundamental principles
2.Rights and liberties
3.Federal powers
4.Powers…
Articles and documents
Getting a bad press
The prospects for a free and independent press in Iraq may not be as good as they look (Guardian, 23 June 2003).
The media and the war
A selection of articles and reports about media coverage of the 2003 war
Chaos in the Iraqi media
The United States risks…
Background note
Introduction
1. The genesis of the problem
2. Who are the Shia?
3. The Shia and the modern Iraqi state
4. The authorities’ objectives in pursuing sectarianism
5. The nature of the Shia opposition
6. The politics of sectarianism
7. Sectarian differences and sectarian discrimination
8…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
