March 16.; Halabja Commemoration Day: Remembrance in an Authoritarian Continuum
On March 16, 1988, the Kurdish city of Halabja was bombed with poison gas by the Iraqi army. Every year,…
Memory
A Symphony of Change. Goptapa: Once bombed with chemical weapons, now a thriving community.
It started with a small library and a group of active young villagers. After almost twenty years this has sparked…
Goptapa, a village that was bombed with chemical weapons, is organizing itself
Like many villages, Goptapa was attacked with poison gas by Saddam’s troops in 1988 and then completely destroyed. The consequences…
The Halabja Memorial Trail
The Halabja Memorial Trail will introduce a new way of dealing with the crimes of Saddams Regime. On March 14,…
Documenting the Anfal Campaign: An Interview
We made a long interview with Hemn Goptapy, who is doing a documentation project about the Anfal campaign in Kurdistan…
Planting trees to commemorate victims of chemical attacks
Four years ago Wadi supported our partners NWE to start this campaign. Currently we are working together to open a…
Remembering Halabja
Halabja, March 16th 2019 We commemorate the day in 1988 when Halabja was attacked with chemical weapons and our thought…
‘Green City Halabja’: Growing a better future
The urgency of climate change has pushed forward a new project to protect the environment in Halabja, by creating public…
Halabja Summer of Peace and Non-Violence 2018
Wadi’s partner organization in Halabja; NWE Organization for Protecting Environment and Women’s Rights is launching their ‘Halabja Summer of Peace…
#Plant4Peace: Remembering the Chemical Attacks on Halabja and the Ghoutas
On March 16th 2018 a worldwide tree planting campaign is launched in joint commemoration of the chemical attacks…
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