Contents

Introduction
The Land
The People
Social Structure and Relationships
HISTORY
  Early History
  The Islamic Empire
  Ottoman Rule, 1534­1917
  World War One
  The British Protectorate
  Independent Iraq
  World War Two and the Fifties
  Rise of the Ba'ath Party
  The Iran-Iraq War
  The Invasion of Kuwait
  Aftermath
Religion
Everyday Life
Some Cultural Differences
Iraqi Arabic
  Pronunciation
  Word Structure
  Sentence Structure
Problems in Learning English
Some Iraqi Expressions
Bibliography
  References on the People in Iraq
  Books on Iraqi Arabic

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