When I went to a Baghdad court in May 2023 to interview a judge, I wasn’t expecting to witness a child marriage.

Baghdad’s bridal industry has seen a massive boom since Iraq legalized child marriage, and human rights organizations have warned that young girls are being auctioned off in black market sales to ...

WILLIAM KRISTOL and Joseph Bottum’s editorial, “For the Marriage Amendment,” was a thoughtful, accurate piece on the impact of same-sex marriage on American society (Feb. 23). Those calling for the ...

(Beirut) – Iraq’s new Ja’afari Personal Status Code, passed by parliament on August 27, discriminates against women by favoring men in matters of marriage, divorce, inheritance, and children’s ...

“My husband beats me every day, forces me to have sex with people in hotels and houses, and then brings me back home to do the same thing,” says Nada, a Syrian woman living in Iraq. “I have reached ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — A contentious draft law being considered in Iraq could open the door to girls as young as nine getting married and would require wives to submit to sex on their husband’s whim, ...

Former vice president Dick Cheney, a pivotal power player in 21st century America who led the United States into two foreign wars after 9/11 while advocating for warrantless domestic surveillance, ...