Iraq Archives - IMPACT-se https://impact-se.org/region/iraq/ Worldwide News | Negative Influences | Tolerance Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:55:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://impact-se.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/cropped-logo-IMPACT_SE-1-32x32.png Iraq Archives - IMPACT-se https://impact-se.org/region/iraq/ 32 32 Review of Iraqi Textbooks https://impact-se.org/publication/review-of-iraqi-textbooks/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/publication/review-of-iraqi-textbooks/ Our Iraq review compiles 38 examples from the 2024–25 curriculum across 21 humanities textbooks—including Arabic Language and Literature, Qur’an/Islamic, Education, Social Studies, and History—and evaluates them against UNESCO-based benchmarks for peace and tolerance. The findings reveal that while isolated passages promote civic virtues, the broader picture is troubling. Violent jihad and martyrdom are valorized—even in […]

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]]> Our Iraq review compiles 38 examples from the 2024–25 curriculum across 21 humanities textbooks—including Arabic Language and Literature, Qur’an/Islamic, Education, Social Studies, and History—and evaluates them against UNESCO-based benchmarks for peace and tolerance. The findings reveal that while isolated passages promote civic virtues, the broader picture is troubling. Violent jihad and martyrdom are valorized—even in language lessons, gender content is paternalistic, while antisemitic stereotypes recur. These patterns raise concerns about how Iraq’s education system addresses tolerance, diversity, and gender equality—and about continued non-compliance with international standards

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]]> CLASHING NARRATIVES AND IDENTITIES IN IRAQ’S SCHOOL CURRICULUM https://impact-se.org/publication/clashing-narratives-and-identities-in-iraqs-school-curriculum/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/publication/clashing-narratives-and-identities-in-iraqs-school-curriculum/ This IMPACT-se report offers a comprehensive insight into 71 textbooks from the Republic of Iraq’s national school curriculum, dated 2015-2022, for grades 1-12. The study focuses on humanities subjects, particularly history, Arabic language, Islamic Education, and social studies. Our findings showed that textbooks continue the largely conservative ideas which originate from Saddam Hussein’s rule (1979-2003) […]

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]]> This IMPACT-se report offers a comprehensive insight into 71 textbooks from the Republic of Iraq’s national school curriculum, dated 2015-2022, for grades 1-12. The study focuses on humanities subjects, particularly history, Arabic language, Islamic Education, and social studies. Our findings showed that textbooks continue the largely conservative ideas which originate from Saddam Hussein’s rule (1979-2003) and earlier, only partially reflecting modern-day developments in Iraq since the 2003 war. The research explores attitudes toward Iraq’s diversity of ethnic and religious groups, and the framing of historical events pre- and post- the toppling of the 1958 Iraqi monarchy. The study addresses the complex depictions of violent jihad and martyrdom, terrorism, and gender roles. The curriculum presents a muted approach to regional and global issues, with notable exceptions including negative descriptions of the United States in a historical context. The portrayal of Jews, Judaism and Israel occupies a central focus, and reflects a deep animosity towards these topics.

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