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In spite of the importance of this region, genetic studies on the Iraqi people are limited and generally restricted to analysis of classical markers due to Iraq's modern political instability, [38] although there have been several published studies displaying a genealogical connection between all Iraqi peoples and the neighboring countries ...
The Iraqi people (Arabic: العراقيون; Kurdish: گهلی عێراق; Syriac: ܥܡܐ ܥܝܪܩܝܐ; Turkish: Iraklılar) are people originating from the country of Iraq. [ 1 ] Iraqi Arabs are the largest ethnic group in Iraq, [ 2 ] followed by Iraqi Kurds , then Iraqi Turkmen as the third largest ethnic group in the country.
The first nationality law was passed in 1924, and that year, on 6 August, all people within the bounds of Iraqi jurisdiction automatically acquired Iraqi citizenship. [ 2 ] [ citation needed ] According to Zainab Saleh, "The 1924 Iraqi Nationality Law and its amendments bring to light the haunted origins of Arab nationalism" by defining Iraqis ...
Iraqi or Iraqis (in plural) means from Iraq, a country in the Middle East, and may refer to: Iraqi people or Iraqis, people from Iraq or of Iraqi descent; A citizen of Iraq, see demographics of Iraq; Iraqi or Araghi (Persian: عراقی), someone or something of, from, or related to Persian Iraq, an old name for a region in Central Iran
Afrikaans; Alemannisch; Anarâškielâ; العربية; Aragonés; ܐܪܡܝܐ; অসমীয়া; Asturianu; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú
Much of the color-based classification relates to groups that were politically significant at different points in US history (e.g., part of a wave of immigrants), and these categories do not have an obvious label for people from other groups, such as people from the Middle East or Central Asia. [1]
While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural, linguistic, or religious factors for classification. Ethnic groups may be subdivided into subgroups, which ...
Dina Mousawi, actress of British/Iraqi origin; Maysoon Pachachi (born September 17, 1947), film director, editor and producer of Iraqi origin. She was educated in Iraq, the U.S., Britain and can speak English, Arabic, French and Italian. She is the daughter of Iraqi politician Adnan Pachachi. Anja Al-Erhayem, filmmaker (Iraqi father/Danish mother)