With an agenda of hope, Iraqi media mogul funds the arts
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Publisher Fakhri Karim is using his influence and wealth to fuel a cultural revival in Iraq.
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Business & money: Media mogul sets out plans to move newspaper into the mainstream in a bid to halt falling sales.
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Iraqi doctor turned film-maker Omer  Salih Mahdi had the strange experience of seeing his life  portrayed on stage this weekend at a preview performance of  "Betrayed," a play about Iraqis who worked for Americans.
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A New York journalist freed by his Iraqi kidnappers said yesterday that he wants to stay in Iraq and continue working on a documentary about the looting of archaeological sites.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The former director of the Iraqi war crimes tribunal said politics could create &quot;show trials&quot; for Saddam Hussein and other former Iraqi leaders.
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Iraqi doctor turned filmmaker Omer  Salih Mahdi had the strange experience of seeing his life  portrayed on stage this weekend at a preview performance of  "Betrayed," a play about Iraqis who worked for Americans.
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WASHINGTON - Iraq's visiting prime minister, Ayad Allawi, says he shares a hopeful view with President Bush that things are getting better in Allawi's tumultuous nation, a conviction the president is putting on full display to persuade doubting U.S. voters...
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Despite the continuing war and political uncertainty, Iraq's long-suffering financial industry has begun creaking to life.
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Adam Kokesh has become a charismatic spokesman for a small but growing number of Iraq veterans who now oppose the war.
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Benevolence Day is a windfall for an organization that is a model for other Shiite groups in the world.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Hotel employee Rafaat Maher dreamed  the postwar reconstruction of Iraq would lure throngs of  customers to enjoy the view of sacred Najaf.
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Heather Raffo's impassioned theatrical documentary gives voice to contemporary Iraqi women.
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The incubator for one man's vision of a peaceful, democratic Iraq is his small art gallery in northern Baghdad, which he opened even as most others were shutting down.
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi joined the race for Iraq&#39;s Jan. 30 elections at a Wednesday news conference meant to highlight his appeal to Iraq&#39;s diverse and sometimes fractious ethnic and religious groups.
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Ibrahim Jaafari, a former exile and a physician, appears poised to become Iraq's new prime minister.
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TOKYO - Iraq's deputy leader pleaded with donors Wednesday to fulfill their promises of aid to help rebuild his war-ravaged nation, and accused the United Nations of failing to provide crucial support.    Of the $13.6 billion in grants and loans promised last year by nations and lending institutions, only about $1 billion has been deposited in World Bank and U.N...
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BAQUBAH, Iraq -- Inside the festival hall, on long tables covered with white cloth, Aboud Ahdim Abbas Mohammad saw a glimpse of the future: baskets filled with different kinds of ripe, delicious dates. They held the twin promise of reviving an ancient industry and Iraq's devastated economy.