Healing Initiative Leadership Linkage (HILL) Student Magazine: Country Name World without BordersMonthly update: <Date> Current News Host Editor Country Editor: VIVIAN SURESH Insert picture Type the matter……………. Music Art Sports Insert picture Music of Iraq. ... Apart from the traditional Football is the most popular sport and music of these peoples, Iraqi music includes hobbies in Iraq. Football is a considerab contemporary music styles such as pop, rock, -le uniting factor, following years of war soul and urban contemporary. Iraq is recognized and unrest. Basketball, swimming, mainly for three instruments, the Oud, Iraqi weightlifting, bodybuilding, taekwondo, Santur and Joza. boxing, kickboxing, and tennis are also popular sports and hobbies. Youth Excellence& Leader: What is catching the attention of your youth? Muhammad Fuad Masum (Arabic: Muammad Fūād Ma‘ūm; Kurdish: , born 1 January 1939) [1] is the current President of Iraq, in office since 24 July 2014. He is a veteran Iraqi Kurdish politician[2][3] and was elected as President following the 2014 parliamentary election.[4] Masum is the second non-Arab president of Iraq, succeeding Jalal Talabani, also Kurdish, and was a confidant of Talabani. Festivals : Army Day (January 6),Baghdad Liberation Day (April 9), Republic Day (July 14), Independence Day (October 3). Conferences Healing Initiative Leadership Linkage (HILL) Student Magazine World without Borders Strategy Country challenges and opportunities Constitution rights and Duties Challenges: The Constitution defines many rights and freedoms, and Iraq is the scene of increasing violence as the Shi’ite-dominated incorporates laws in many subject areas into the Constitution. government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki faces two major It guarantees the rule of law, equality before the law, equal challenges. opportunity, privacy, inalienable nationality and dual nationality, judicial independence, the prohibition on criminal ex post facto laws, right to counsel, a public Analysts say the first challenge is the growing alienation of Iraq's trial unless the court decides to make it a secret minority Sunni population which considers itself marginalized from trial, a presumption of innocence, the right to participate in the political process and believes it is being treated as second- public affairs and the right to vote, to elect and to class citizens. nominate, freedom from extradition, political asylum, "economic, social and cultural liberties", the right to work, the right to join trade unions, ownership of personal The second challenge is the presence of Sunni militants linked property, eminent domain powers, rights similar to the Four with al-Qaida who have intensified attacks on Iraqi security forces Freedoms (European Union), minimum wage, universal health in the western province of Anbar - especially in the cities of care, free education, dignity, freedom from psychological and Fallujah and Ramadi. physical torture and inhumane treatment and the right to compensation, freedom from "compulsory service", limited freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly, the right to engage in sports, limited freedom of forming and of joining associations and political Conflicts- Possible Compromise parties, requirement of warrants for wiretaps, freedom of religion, freedom of thought, conscience and belief. The Iraqi Civil War is an armed conflict in the Middle East that Compromise formula: began in January of 2014. In 2014, the Iraqi insurgency escalated into a civil war with the conquest of Fallujah, Mosul, Tikritand in Iraq remained very unstable. The main barrier to resolution the major areas of northern Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and was the difficulty in getting the various actors to commit the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS or IS). This resulted in the themselves to achieving a peaceful resolution of the conflict. In forced resignation of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, as well spite of the lessening of violence, in mid-2010 Iraq still as airstrikes by the United States, Iran, Syria, and at least a dozen contained a myriad of factions with very different visions of the other countries future of the country, and many of these groups were not on board with the political compromise that had been brokered. In 2006, in a comprehensive study of the Iraqi “insurgency,” the International Crisis Group identified four main insurgent groups – Al Qaeda's Organization in Mesopotamia, Partisans of the Sunna Army, the Islamic Army in Iraq, and the Islamic Front of the Iraqi Resistance3 – as well as nine other insurgent groups, five of which had fairly stable organizations and four of which appeared to be smaller, less coordinated, groups of dissidents. United Nations voting record Healing Initiative Leadership Linkage (HILL) Student Magazine World without Borders Geographical Resources (1) Petroleum (2) natural gas (3) oil Financial / Fiscal Responsibility Iraq’s economic growth rates are strongly correlated with international oil prices, given Iraq’s extreme dependence on oil revenue. According to the Ministry of Oil, Iraqi crude oil sold for an average of US$ 49 per barrel during the first eight months of 2015, down from US$ 97 in 2014 and US$ 102.09 in 2013. Figure 4 indicates that the economic growth rate has been slowing since 2013 and is likely to slow down in 2015, as long as the ongoing conflict with ISIL continues to escalate, and oil prices continue to fall. In October 2014, the IMF estimated a growth rate of around 1.5% for 2015. In August 2015, after the sharp decline in the international oil prices, the IMF projected a 0.5% growth rate for 2015, which is a full percentage point lower than IMF estimates in October 2014. STATISTICS Table 1: Demographic 0-20 20-30 30-50 50-70 >70 Birth rate/ death rate Female 7,445,633 3,572,702 6,354,506 790,301 717,907 BR= 30.9 Male 7,766,832 3,703,302 6,499,345 720,976 574,521 DR= 3.8 Table 2: Population 1991-2001 2001-2011 2011-2021 Female 465700000 18881049 Male 531300000 19274976 Table 3: Education Primary Secondary Sr. Secondary College Post graduate Female 28.2 9.6 5.0 3.8 3.1 Male 30.2 13.7 8.9 5.4 5.6 Table 4: Land Aerable Irrigated 35,250 sq km Desert 64,900 square miles Forest 8250 sq km Table 5: Import & Export Import manufactures Food medicine Export Crude oil Crude material Live animals Table 6: Finance 1990-2000 2000-2010 2010-2020 Currency value 0.00084 against dollars GDP Percentage, Inflation Percentage Survey Healing Initiative Leadership Linkage (HILL) Student Magazine World without Borders Historical Perspective (Monuments & lessons from history)Al-Shaheed Monument (Arabic: ), also known as the Martyr's Memorial, is a monument in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, dedicated to the Iraqi soldiers who died in the Iran-Iraq War. However, now it is generally considered by Iraqis to be for all of the martyrs of Iraq, especially those allied with Iran and Syria currently fighting ISIS, not just of the Iran-Iraq War Culture of country (traditional dresses) Religions : The major religion in Iraq is Islam, followed by about 97% of Iraqis. The other 3% consist of those following Christianity and other religions. Many cities throughout Iraq have been areas of historical prominence for both Shia and Sunni Muslims, including Najaf, Karbala, Baghdad and Samarra. Language - Alphabets Arabic is the majority language, Kurdish is spoken by approximately 15-20% of the population Arabic: al-abjadīyah al-arabīyah, or al-urūf Foodsal-arabīyah Iraqi cuisine or Mesopotamian cuisine has a long history going back some 10,000 years – to the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and ancient Persians.[1] Tablets found in ancient ruins in Iraq show recipes prepared in the temples during religious festivals – the first cookbooks in the world. Learning from the past and present for the future For most of its history, the government of Iraq has played an active role stimulating and directing the Iraqi economy. This pattern was most pronounced during the recent regime of Saddam Hussein, which was at root a centrally-directed command economy with some trappings of market economics and crony capitalism. Iraq's industrial sector was created, in large part, as a result of government efforts to diversify the economy through economic development projects using the proceeds from Iraq's oil wealth and borrowed funds. Many of these initiatives were not viable without government subsidies. Much of the industrial base has now been destroyed, either by direct attack in the Iran-Iraq or the two Gulf wars or through atrophy caused by neglect. Iraq has suffered absolute declines in gross domestic product (GDP), chronic inflation, wholesale depreciation of its currency, virtually non-existent foreign investment and the accumulation of a crushing debt burden. This report, which will be updated periodically, identifies issues to be addressed before Iraq can participate normally in the world economy. It will need civil peace and a new legitimate government - Hague and Geneva conventions place limits on the capacity of an occupying power to restructure or develop the economy of an occupied state by its own decisions alone. It will need a sound monetary system and a market-oriented banking and finance system. It will need to recast its industrial sector on sounder principles with attention to productivity and relative prices. It will also need to ensure that the government cannot use the massive oil revenues passing through its hands to establish once again a new authoritarian regime. Healing Initiative Leadership Linkage (HILL) Student Magazine World without Borders SYMBOLS & SIGNIFICANCE Country Name Name &Picture of the student Capital-cities & monuments on the Map Baghdad (Arabic: , [badad] (About this sound listen)) is the capital of Iraq. The population of Baghdad, as of 2016, is approximately 8,765,000 making it the largest city in Iraq, the second largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo, Egypt), and the second largest city in Western Asia (after Tehran, Iran).