Talk:Iraqi diaspora
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If this article is not deleted--god willing ;) -- perhaps something should also be written about the departure of Iraqi Jews earlier in this century, because that still consists of a diaspora of sorts, and also Christians who are unfortunately being pushed out of the country during the current war. And furthermore some kind of statistics for Iraqi expatriates in various other countries could probably be found. Dan Carkner 04:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
- There has also been coverage of a non-ethnically based Iraqi diaspora due to the current war, that of middle-class Iraqis who have gone to Jordan, Syria, and other countries as a result of the violence. For instance [1] -Fsotrain09 20:35, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
I have expanded this article to include a bit more information on the Jews and Assyrians that have left Iraq and to add a bit more meat to the article in general. It's still a pretty slim article. I would suggest that more information needs to be found about the pre-American invasion diaspora. How many Iraqis were true political refugees and how many were economic migrants, and to where did they go, specifically? Also, it would be useful to know if foreign-based Kurds consider themselves "Iraqi" in any way.Zavtrakat 04:50, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
- It's good work you're doing. I wish I could remember the name and issue of the Christian magazine I was reading in Toronto last year that had a long article about the crisis Christians(Assyrians) are facing in Iraq in the last few years. Dan Carkner 16:51, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
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- Asia Times Online; March 9, 2002; Make war, not politics. "European diplomats and the Iraqi diaspora in Europe deplore in private the limitations of Resolution 986 - a basket of extremely mean and intolerant ..." [2]
- New York Times; April 17, 2003 Iraqi's Road Home, by Way of the Web. "The Internet generally and Iraq.net specifically provided a way to do that -- first by simply gathering people scattered by the Iraqi diaspora, then by allowing the virtual discourse to unfold." [3]
- US News and World Report; April 28, 2003; Beyond Babylon. "They came from nearby cities and towns, from the distant lands of the Iraqi diaspora to the 4,000-year-old Ziggurat of Ur, one of the Arab world's most famous archaeological ruins." [4]
- National Public Radio; June 28, 2003; Interview with Faisal Istrabadi; "There is a sense that all of us who have lived in the Iraqi diaspora have a void in our lives ..." [5]
- New York Times; August 18, 2003; A Shiite Burial Ground Awaits Foreign Faithful. "The cemetery workers look forward to calmer days, when the faithful no longer fear joining the deceased by venturing onto Iraq's brigand-infested roads. In the cemetery's halcyon days, bodies arrived daily from a broad swath of territory from Lebanon to India and from the Iraqi diaspora in the world beyond." [6]
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This article was nominated for deletion recently. The result of the discussion was keep. |
--Docg 12:32, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
