Aug 31 2012

Iraq’s National Youth Orchestra performs in London

By Siba Aldabbagh Azzaman, August 31, 2012 Already hailed as ‘the world’s bravest orchestra’ by Sky News Scotland’s correspondent Jane Chilton, a  group of young Iraqi musicians from across Iraq’s religious and ethnic spectrum joined hands on Tuesday night to perform the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq’s (NYOI) London debut at the South Bank Centre [...]

Aug 31 2012

Rising purchasing power fuels boom in mall construction in Baghdad

By Ali Shattab Azzaman, August 31, 2012 Iraqis have a lot of money and they need more shopping malls to spend it, according to the head of Investment Commission in Baghdad, Shakir al-Zameli. Zameli said his commission has granted licenses for the construction of 46 new shopping malls in Baghdad by foreign firms and that [...]