Over the past decade, the art world has observed surging interest in contemporary art from the Middle East. Gritty, bold and scintillatingly inventive, the works shown in the Iraq Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale would move even the most cynical critic.

Introduce your students to IRAQ with this printable handout of two worksheets (plus answer key). Simple map activity and reading comprehension questions. Your students will read a brief introduction to Iraq (location, capital, language, flag), write 'Baghdad' next to the star on the map to show the location of the capital, color the flag and map, and use the map and compass to answer 9 questions on page 2. Colored pencils and a pen or pencil are needed for this activity. No other prep needed. Basic Geography worksheet with a simple map to introduce Iraq and practice cardinal/ordinal directions. For use with Interactive Notebooks: After the worksheets are completed, students can cut out the map and flag and paste into the notebook under the topic of Asia (or Middle East) /Sub-topic: Iraq. Under the map, your students can write a summary in their own words of what they now know about this country. Collect worksheets for other countries of Asia (or the Middle East) to add to the notebook! All countries available individually or as discounted bundles! Please see links below... COUNTRIES OF ASIA: Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar (Burma) Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates (UAE) Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen All available individually or as a discounted Asia BUNDLE! COUNTRIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST: BAHRAIN CYPRUS EGYPT IRAN IRAQ ISRAEL JORDAN KUWAIT LEBANON OMAN PALESTINE QATAR SAUDI ARABIA SYRIA TURKEY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES YEMEN All available individually or as a discounted MIDDLE EAST BUNDLE! Thank you so much for using my Geography worksheets in your classroom! I hope you find them useful. Reviews are welcome and very much appreciated! Please Follow Me for more worksheets to introduce your learners to the countries of the world! Tigris River, Euphrates River

Is Iraq safe? It depends. Iraqi Kurdistan enjoys relatively peace and is home to high potential touristic attractions yet to be discovered

Is Iraq safe? It depends. Iraqi Kurdistan enjoys relatively peace and is home to high potential touristic attractions yet to be discovered

This guide to Iraq covers everything you need to know to prepare for your trip from visa's, SIM cards, what to wear, and so much more!

Over the past decade, the art world has observed surging interest in contemporary art from the Middle East. Gritty, bold and scintillatingly inventive, the works shown in the Iraq Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale would move even the most cynical critic.

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When you think of Iraq you may well think of smoky battlefields, cruise missiles, and charging tanks. Years of conflict have besieged this country, and while Iraq continues to struggle ... Read more

The exiled Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul, Iraq, is warning westerners about welcoming an increasing number of Muslims into their countries, |

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Barbed wire along the Hungarian border. Barbed wire at Calais. Have we lost the one victory which we Europeans learned from the Second World War – compassion?

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe needs to "reposition" itself in a changing world and is welcoming EU powers' unity over Iran, a contrast with their deep divisions over the Iraq war 16 years ago.