Iraq is a country located in Western Asia, bordered by Syria, Turkey, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. It has a narrow coastal section on the Persian Gulf. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through central Iraq. Iraq has a long history as the site of many ancient civilizations, including the Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Abbasid empires. Today, Iraq is a federal parliamentary republic with a majority Muslim population, most of whom are Shia or Sunni Muslims. Popular Iraqi cuisine includes dishes like biryani, dolma, and kebabs. Football is the most popular sport, and weddings are important social and cultural events

1. Iraq is a republican country is a country
in Western Asia
-Iraq borders Syria to the northwest, Turkey
-to the north, Iran to the east, Jordan to the
southwest and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
to the south
The eagle is a republican emblem

2. Iraq site in the Middle East

3. Iraqi Flag
 Red refers to every drop of Iraqi blood shed
on the earth without guilt just to protect the
homeland(Courage) .
 Green refers to the green pastures.
 White refers to the pure hearts of
Iraqis.
 Black refers to the many good things
in Iraq and the large palm forests.
 The word in green color indicates to
the god is the greatest.

4. Geography of Iraq
 It is the 58th-largest country in the world.
It is comparable in size to the US state
of California.
 Iraq has a narrow section of coastline
measuring 58 km (36 mi) on the
northern Arabic Gulf.
 The capital city, Baghdad is in the center-
east of the country.
 Rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, run through
the center of Iraq, flowing from northwest
to southeast.
 These provide Iraq with agriculturally
capable land and contrast with
the steppe and desert landscape that covers
most of Western Asia.

5. Palm Tree Forest in Iraq
Deserts of Iraq

6. Mountains in North of Iraq

7. Republic of Iraq
 The federal government of Iraq is defined under the
current Constitution as a democratic, federal parliamentary Islamic
republic.
 Elections take place every four years and people will elect members of
parliament .then members will elect a prime minister who has all the
authorities.
 The federal government is composed of the executive, legislative,
and judicial branches, as well as small independent commissions.
 Aside from the federal government, there are regions called province.
 Iraq has eighteen provinces.

8. History of Iraq
 Historically, Iraq was the center of the Abbasid Caliphate.
 Iraq has been known to the west by the Greek homonym
'Mesopotamia' (Land between the rivers) and has been home to continuous
successive civilizations since the 6th millennium BC.
 The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is often referred to as
the cradle of civilization and the birthplace of writing, law and the wheel.
 At different periods in its history, Iraq was the center of the:
indigenous Acadians, Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian-Chaldean,
and Abbasid empires.

9.  The Sumerian Culture - The First
Urban Civilization, and they
invented the first wheel .
 Stone refers to the history of the
invention of writing in Mesopotamia

10.  This statue indicates to the period
of an obelisk of Hammurabi and his
laws.

11. Babylon: was an Akkadian city-state (founded in 1894 BC by an Amorite dynasty) of
ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babylon
Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 mi) south of Baghdad.
Lion of Babylon

13. Ishtar Gates leading into ancient city of
Babylon

14. One of Seven Wonders

15. Abbasid Empire
 The Abbasid Caliphate built the city of Baghdad in the 8th century as their
capital, and it became the leading metropolis of the Arab and Muslim world for
five centuries.
 Baghdad was the largest multicultural city of the Middle Ages, peaking at a
population of more than a million, and was the centre of learning during
the Islamic Golden Age.
Minaret Malwiya and Mustansiriya school are one of the landmarks of the
Abbasid Empire as in the pictures below :

17. Religions
Iraq is a Muslim-majority country .
 Most sources estimated and according to a 1997 census that 97% of Iraqi population
is Muslim .
 About 60–65% of Muslims belong to the Shi'a sect and 32–37% to the Sunni sect.
 Sunnis are divided mainly between Arabs and Kurds but include other, smaller
groups, such as Azerbaijanis and Turkmen.
About 3% of the population is adherents to Christianity and other religions.
Christians have inhabited what is modern day Iraq for about 2,000 years and
they make up Assyrians (also called Syrians and Chaldeans) most of whom are
adherents of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Syrian Orthodox Church and
the Assyrian Church of the east account for most of Iraq's Christian population.
 Other religion is Yazid .

18. Statistics of religions

19. Shrine of Imam Ali(A.S)
Umm al-Qura mosque

20. Catholic Church in Basra
Syrian Orthodox Church

21. Iraqi‟s food
 Iraqi food is so strongly influenced by its neighboring countries, Turkey and
Iran, it is one of the few nations of the Middle East to lack a unique cuisine. Like
the Turks, Iraqis like to stuff vegetables and eat a lot of lamb, rice, and yogurt.
Like Iranians, they enjoy cooking fruits with beef and poultry.
There are three main foods and very popular in Iraq such as
Biryani , Dolma and Kebabs.
Al Biryani :Vegetable Part(Ingredients)
½ cup pine nuts
1 cup raisins
1 peeled potato
2 large onions
3 carrots
4- beef or lamb meat

22. Biryani with carrots
Biryani without carrots

23.  Dolma makes by stuffing rice and tomato inside the eggplant and
chard leaves .

24.  Kebabs with grilled tomatoes and onions.

25. Entertainment /Recreation
Football “or soccer” is the favorite sport in Iraq.
Outdoor activities are popular; swimming & fishing are favorite recreations in
the Tigris & Euphrates rivers during the summer.
Rural men hunt & fish with friends and shop together for food and drinks at the
market and bazaars of the town.
Rural women visit with each other and talk, cook, or make handicraft.
Almost all the entertainments with the Iraqi people is done in large groups
because Iraqi people are very social and recreation is a way to be social and active.

26. Iraqi national team
Swimming in Iraq

27. The Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra

28. Traditional Iraqi dancing at a wedding
 Weddings are the most important festivals – aside from Islamic holy days .
 In Iraqi life. relatives and friends hold parties for few days before a wedding, which is
usually short.
 The birth of a child is another occasion for a big celebration. Three days after the
birth, family members and friends come to visit and bring gifts for the child .
Dancing
Dancing in Iraq is the same and called lacunar , but it depends on
the culture and the areas.
Kurd dancing performance in the north is different from middle
and south.

31. Iraqi Arab dancing

33. I „m strongly recommended for you to see (the Virtual
Museum Of Iraq) . To see more information about the
first civilization in the world.