Some of these languages have been around for 1,000s of years. Here's a beautiful example of Aramaic carved alongside Arabic by an elderly Chaldean Christian calligrapher - one of the thousands of heritage items collected by #heritage gatherers in #Iraq creid.ac/blog/2022/04/0…

Thank you to UNDP Iraq for showing us around the projects that UK funding has supported across #Mosul. Hearing from beneficiaries of the Funding Facility for Stabilization was a real highlight of our visit

Listening to BBC Radio 4 Today report on heath fears of UK temp hitting 31⁰C today. I'm back on the road in southern #Iraq reporting on the impact of extreme climate change and drought here. The temperature today is 49⁰C. Absolutely punishing conditions for human beings living here.

Now online for posterity: our excellent panellists Jo Howard Rebecca Supriya Shah Judd Birdsall discussing #religiousinequalities and #globaldev w/ Mariz Tadros Institute of Development Studies at #FoRBforAll summit earlier this month youtu.be/fwLWeKwLfLc APPG FoRB UKFoRBForum Katherine Marshall Timothy Shah

Congratulations to our new graduates and welcome to our ever-growing @nclalumni community! To celebrate reaching the milestone of 250,000 members, we're taking a look back at some of the most significant moments in our history ⏳🎓 #NCLgrad

Several New Generation MPs and leaders have been arrested, more than 30 military and armed vehicles surrounded my office, and demonstrations were held despite intimidation and the deployment of forces in the cities

Are the people in Gaza not “white enough” for the international community to care? not “civilized enough” for the media to be outraged? Israel traps them in an open air jail; brutalizes them and massacres them…and the great “defenders of human rights”shamelessly look away. #Gaza

These world-class creative minds all have one thing in common: Newcastle University! ncl.ac.uk/alumni/news/it…

Our Iraq Oil Report big read on dust storms in #Iraq is now in front of paywall - *free to read* We explore how an unprecedented wave of dust storms is affecting Iraq's economy, agriculture, public health, & worsening conditions for the most vulnerable. iraqoilreport.com/news/dust-stor…

Congratulations to students receiving their A Level results today! Do you remember how you felt when your place at Newcastle University was confirmed? Let us know ⤵️ #ThrowbackThursday

If this turns out to be her final public picture, it’s an absolutely lovely one

This is what civil disobedience looks like in an Islamic Republic. #IranProtests #IranRevolution For 43 years women in #Iran have been forbidden to dance & sing in public or show their hair & they are saying enough. It’s really that simple. #Mahsa_Amini #مهسا_امینی

شارع المتنبي في بغداد 🇮🇶 tamila.sinan 📸

PALS0047, "Programming in R: Applications for Speech Data Processing", officially begins tomorrow, with a cohort of 8 future R software developers. I've now finished 7 of 10 weeks' worth of content, and everything will be made publicly available when the curriculum is complete!

Have you heard of MFCCs (mel frequency cepstral coefficients), maybe in the context of speech recognition or analysis, and ever say to yourself, "WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND GROSS HELP AAH"? Here is a 🧵 to hopefully clear things up a bit. Let's use my vowel [i] as an example. 1/

Statement from British Ambassador to Iraq,Mark Bryson Richardson on the anniversary of the elections and the government formation process

Listen to David Hunt talking about the visit to #AlGhad radio: fb.watch/h8in2kn9ch/

🔔 Upcoming Event Join @ZenaKamash and team this Friday Nov 17 to learn more about the 'Crafting Heritage for Wellbeing in Iraq' project. Free and open to all, but registration is required in advance: tinyurl.com/bf7ja787

Elegance and tradition woven into every thread 🧵 #PhotoOfTheDay: Cyprus🇨🇾, Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika, inscribed on the UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 #IntangibleHeritage List in 2009. on.unesco.org/46vUoUq #LivingHeritage