Sophia's Peace Work

Having secured employment here in the U.S. I think I will say farewell to my blog for now. Its been 15 months since I returned from Iraq. ...

A friend in Baghdad wrote me that the recent videos coming out from ISIS about beheaded westerners are fake.  There is analysis demonstrat...

Somebody posted a recording to Facebook recently of a radio interview that the head of Islamic State's military wing did with an Austr...

3 Aug situation update from the Institute for the Study of War : An anonymous local source says that Islamic Militants have given the Peshm...

I'm often asked for information on how the 2003 war in Iraq affected the environment in the country.  War is never good for the enviro...

There is a new mountain ski resort (and spa!) at Korek Mountain near Soran & Rawanduz in Kurdistan, northern Iraq. Also  Secret Comp...

In the popular imagination, Iraq is a desert wasteland, devoid of natural beauty and lacking breathtaking scenery. In Iraqi's unde...

"O ur funding  mode  is deficit financing"  This statement from T, our contact with the German Foreign Federal Office, was the ...

With the help of CJ, a professor from the nearby university, and a few other helpers along the way, I've been able to finish sampling t...

A friend originally of German origin who has become an honorary Kurd recently wrote about the end of summer and swimming in the waters of D...

A friend of mine in Sulaimani who is teaching science courses at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani (AUIS) has been joining me in th...

A water tank in town ...