Iraq

If you have additional information on Iraqi refugees--about where they came from or their situation here now--please tell me! MARC@denrescue.org

In 2012, 148 refugees from Iraq were resettled in Colorado and 12,122 in the US as a whole.

Background information on Iraqi Refugees:

Refugees From Iraq - A publication by the Center for Applied Linguistics

Muslim Refugees - A basic introduction to the worldview of Muslim peoples and special considerations when working with Muslim refugees (PDF, 2003, CAL)

A good, long list of publications and resources on Iraqi refugees: http://www.brycs.org/clearinghouse/Highlighted-Resources-Iraqi-Refugees.cfm

UNHCR Official Iraq refugee profile: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e486426&submit=GO

Information and video on refugees from Iraq: http://www.culturalorientation.net/learning/populations/iraq

Arabic and Kurdish Language Resources:

Decent Arabic site: http://www.madinaharabic.com/

Arabic basics: http://www.searchtruth.com/arabic/lessons/unit1_writing.php

Animated Arabic alphabet learning: http://www.funwitharabic.com/

Lots of Arabic phrases: http://i-cias.com/babel/arabic/

Basic Kurdish: http://learnkurdish.blogspot.com/

Very basic Kurdish: http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Key-Phrases-in-Kurdish

Kurdish language videos: http://learnkurdishnow.blogspot.com/

Basic Kurdish: http://www.kurdishonline.bazaarsoft.ca/