Oh woow I'm moroccan, I read a lot abt your religion nd language in al-ahwaz but never thought i'll meet one someday.. Soo much love to such a great community ❤❤
Wow Mandean! I've recently started researching about Mandeans in Iraq, I picked a book about Mandean language and hopefully I will learn this amazing language
Ahmed Muayad و الله عندك حق لان الصراحة الكثير من عرب الخلي و العراقيين من ضمنهم ما يتكلمون بطاري عمان ، لكن يا طيب و الله لان و الحمد الله عمان فيها الامور ان شاء الله راكده و انا يعجبني ان اخذ العئلة لزيارة هذا البلد الطيب الي نسمع عنه و عن اهله كل الخير. و حگك على راسي من فوگ يا طيب. جزيل الشكر لك
@@awn5309 People that consider themselves as Iraqi would mostly speak Arabic 🙂 And they've got Arabic alphabet written on their flag... For Kurdistan region they have been rejecting to be called Iraqi.... Long history. But in short yes it is, Iraq is Arab country since Kurdistan & Yezidi are minority
@@لطيفه-ع5ل The Arabic Language is adopted on Iraqis. Let's talk abount Chaldeans and Assyrians. Sumerians are the oldest civilization in the world and they were in Mesopotamia. Iraqi President is Kurdish. 40% of the population is Kurdish, Yezidie, Chaldean, Assyrian, Turkmen, and etc..
Which country on face of earth has great history like Iraq 😍İraq is not only empires builder but civilaizations.Salam from Syria to all our brothers in İraq 🇮🇶💐🇸🇾
@AYQ KBS When it comes to the prophet Muhammad we shia muslims say Salallahu 3alahy wa alahi wa salam (peace and blessings upon him and his progeny). When it comes to other prophets like Jesus or Abraham we say Alayhi alsalaam (peace be upon him). We also say that when it comes to the imams of the family of the prophet. When it comes to the sahaba we say radhi Allahu anh (may Allah be pleased with him)
@@ahmedthelegend1231 which is ofcourse wrong because only prophets peace be upon the m all are to be told that while sahaba are to be calledرضي الله عنهم
@@Aquafire01 It is not. Explain to me why sunnis also say Allahamu sali wa salim 3alle muhammad wa aaal muhammad. That is sending salaam upon the prophet and his family. The imams are his family too. If you say it is wrong to send salaam upon the imams than you shouldnt say allahuma sali 3alle muhammad wa aal muhammad either. That would be contradictory
@@awn5309 as a kurd i will tell you to not mind her , she is just an ignorant no-brainer with no basic knowledge, she thinks that you are offending her just by saying she's from iraqi kurdsran .
أنا مولود و أصلي من كربلاء لكن صارلي ساكن أكثر من ٢٥ سنة في منتريال كندا و زرت كربلاء في اوكتوبر الماضي في زيارة الأربعين بعد ٢٥ سنة. والله العظيم يا أخي شعور و أحساس لا يوصف. زيارة الأربعين شيء من عالم ثاني و انا الأن أحس بالندم لعدم زيارة مدينتي كل هذا الوقت ولكن وعد نفسي أن أذهب لزيارة الأربعين في كل سنة إنشاء الله. فإذا اردت زيارة كربلاء، أذهب للأربعين و انشالله نحن نكون في خدمتك و كل زائر من لبنان، على راسي والله أحلى عالم الشعب اللبناني
As an Iraqi Mandaean who was born near the ancient city of Ur, I want to tell you that I appreciate your excellent work. Thanks for mentioning us, where we unfortunately always we've been left out. A good fact about the Mandaeans is that we are the last of the Sumerians. Our language is close to Akkadian and Aramaic, our faith is the earlier Gnosticism belief, and the Mandaeans are considered the last living Gnostics.
I’m from Afghanistan 🇦🇫I absolutely adore Iraq 🇮🇶. We both share common values wow. And my best friend is from Iraq 🇮🇶 he likes Afghanistan 🇦🇫 and so do I like Iraq. It’s sad what is going on in these countries Let’s pray for peace and prosperity. Long live Iraq 🇮🇶Long live Afghanistan 🇦🇫. And long live humanity
A lot of what we consider modern civilization had its roots in Iraq. It's a tragedy for the world what the people have suffered recently. Nice work. Cheers from sunny Vienna, Austria, Scott
Hi from the US. Some of the reactions are surprising. Didn't Iraq invade and attempt to annex Kuwait in recent history? I thought that's what started the invasion of Iraq to release Kuwait. It's nice to see Kuwait and Iraq getting along. Lots of fighting happens in the middle east.
@@susanholl5994 Yes! That's the past. All of the 22 Arab countries are 1 family, we speak the same language and follow the same path and have the same blood; nothing can break us, let politics burn, we don't care.. Peace to you 💗
Fan Fact: the city of Agrabah (From Aladdin) is based on Baghdad, Disney decided to not use the name Baghdad back then because of the Iraqi-American tensions. #1:24 Love from both Iraq and Turkey 🇮🇶🇹🇷
Everything was interesting, and it reminded me of history class in my 6th grade. Awesome job! I am discovering that I eat some of the food of all Arabic countries, like bami for exemplo. 🇸🇾 🇱🇧 🇧🇷
Was waiting for that good video bro you done well it's just there's so much history so it's okay if you missed it In sha Allah we will go back to where we were someday ❤
This has to be one of the most informative and well researched video's I've seen on Iraq, my homeland. ❤🇮🇶 Thank you so much for all the effort you put into this! SHUKRAN. 🙏🏼💖
This is like an Arab focused Geography Now ❤️ also one other fun fact is that a lot of the accounts that we have of Vikings is actually from an Iraqi scholar named Ibn Fadlan, just wanted to throw that in there :)
@@gilgameschvonuruk4982 They do. It's not exclusive though. A lot of the fertile crescent populations today descend from the Assyrians as well. Today's Assyrians are the ones who kept their identity.
MLGdigimon Depends on what you mean by “mixed”, sure there is mixture but we’re relatively homogenous considering that we are Christians surrounded by Muslims and we do not intermarry it’s them. Our neighbours are more mixed than we are.
The most amazing fact I learned from this video about iraq is the fact that most britains are direct descendants of iraqi and syrian farmers that immigrated 10,000 years ago
@@GMN1 You are just wrong. The problem is you and the person whose comment i replied to have no idea what you're talking about. You read articles online without understanding the context of the information. If you had cared to do any sort of research into this topic, you would know that the Sumerians weren't Semites. But thats just the problem, you get your information from stupid documentaries and articles instead of looking at the actual academic material. Semites first arrived in Mesopotamia at around 3000BC when Eastern Semites migrated to Mesopotamia and founded the Kish Civilization who later on became the Akkadians and even later, Babylonians and Assyrians. These groups had no relation to the Sumerians prior to this. Semetic people are part of the Afro-Asiatic peoples whose original heartland is thought to have been somewhere around Southern Egypt or Ethiopia. And modern iraqi arabs came even much later than that. You Arabs don't have any right to claim the prior civilizations of Mesopotamia and their contributions to humanity any more than anyone else. The only people who can make that claim would be Assyrians and Chaldeans of whom you have no relation to. Also, the claim that Said Ahdarf just made is complete BS. I can tell that he misread an article that was published a while back about the genetic connection between the early pre-indo-european population of western europe and the ancient anatolian populations. He and other ignorant Arabs think that because parts of Mesopotamia are currently in Turkey, that somehow means the pre-indo-european inhabitants of europe are somehow connected to them, forgetting that they are neither Anatolian or even have any remote connection to even the original Mesopotamians let alone Anatolia. There is just no point in making completely bogus claims to boost your nationalistic ego or whatever, saying things like this will just make you look stupid.
@@lets_wrapitup You literally just proved all of my points 😂. Seriously bro? "arabamerica.com" is that all you got? so much for your unbiased academic sources 🤦♂️ I have no idea why I am even arguing with you people. You have the intellectual capability of a rock. You can believe this BS all you want, but history won't change to make you feel better about yourself. I really don't care, If fabricating your own history makes you happy, then fine. Just don't expect other people to respect it.
Just a small correction, Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib RA isn't only limited to Shia Islam but is a central character in Sunni Islam too as he is the 4th Khalifa. Plus, Baghdad has the final resting place of many saintly figures in Islam as well as Basra which has the legendary saint Sheikh Ahmad Kabir al Rifai among others. Aside from that, ayda haki khayye
Al-Hasan ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib, Al-Hussein ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib peace be upon them are also important to sunni but there should be no divide so they are important to Islam
I did a Paper on the Cultural Preservation of Iraq. I wish i would have watched this video before i had written that paper. Mark really goes into much more detail about the vibrant and historical significance of the Anicent people of Iraq. The area of Mesopotamia is really the cradle of human civilization. Maybe we can begin to realize the importance of iraq and its culture for the future
What people around the world don't know about Iraq that before the events that lead to the Iraq we sadly sea on some major news channels... Iraq was THE country for musiciand artists and intellectuals just as Egypt Lebanon and Syria in the last century during the golden age of art and music aka the tsrab period famous songers such as Sabah and fayrouze and other famous figures of music would perform int he Baghdad Opera House and to any arabian singer or musician it would be like preforming in the greatest hall in the world! I feel the beed to mention that Iraq also gave us the first tv channel in the middle east and the beautiful soulful voice of the student of Mohammad Al Qubanji I'm talking about Nazim Al Ghazali and the world famius master of oud and composer Nasseer Shamma and the most talented architect who ever lived Zaha Hadeed
@@ehabkhazaal6873 yes brother the first cultures and civilizations began in Iraq and no one can deny these facts give it time Iraq will rise and be the great land it was in history and still is today giving us the people I mentioned and more❤️❤️❤️
Ya! "Gilgamesh Von Uruk" 😁 We can clearly see it by your unusual name 😅 Plain and clear 😉 👌 Not common name tho... 😅 (you seems to be a very criative person. Lol 😂)
@Ali Kareem Neamah I actually read that he wasn't so good, according to a history book I read when I was young, Gilgamesch used so many resources to unify Sumeria, that the weakened country was invaded by the Elamites.
An appreciated effort in reciting the history and food. One big fact missed, Turkish is the third language in Iraq as Turkmen are the third minority after Arabs and Kurds. In general, a plausible work, thank you.
Thank you Mark, I showed your video to work in a cultural dinner and everyone was amazed by the facts and the interesting summary you presented. Well done!
Gabro Ego Although I do believe the so-called Arameans were Arabs, I didn't claim in my comment they were. Now back to my questions, who was the first king of Tadmor? Wasn't Julia Domna an Arab?
Gabro Ego The vast majority of (if not all) historians acknowledge that she was born to an Arab family. Her sister's name was Maysa! Her father was an Arab high priest of Elagabal (Elah El Gabal), and they worshipped a black stone. Domna/Dimna means "black" in Arabic. In other words, her Arab ancestry is indisputable. P.S Es freut mich sehr, dass meine Fragen dir auf die Nerven gehen ;)
Gabro Deswegen glaube ich, dass die sogenannten "Aramäer" Araber waren. Bedeutet "Dimna" schwarz auf Aramäisch? Ist "Maysa'" ein aramäischer Name? Bedeutet "Gabal" Berg auch auf Aramäisch?
France and Irak had excellent relations in the 70ies and the 80ies. I often went to the Iraki Cultural Centre of Paris (in the prestigious area of Charles de Gaulle "square" with the Arc de Triomphe) to hear lectures, listen to music or see films. I attended in it some lessons of 'khatt 'arabiyy" with a great calligraph, late Ghani al -'Aani. Irak is the Arab country where arts like sculpture and painting are the richest. For instance in painting there is the painter Su'âd al-'Attâr, whose painting is inspired by the Mesopotamian history and natural landscapes...
@@salihnacar7362 No, in Turkey It's called sarma that comes from the verb sarmak which means wrapping or rolling. And the Iraqi Dolma is so much more flavorable You can't just call it Turkish.
Hey Mark! I know this video was posted a long time ago, but I wanted to thank you. Seriously, this is the best video I’ve seen about Iraq on the internet! Your research was so thorough, and covered a wide range of topics. Thank you for giving such a great picture of Arab people and culture! Mille merci! شكراً جزيلاً!
Great video Mark! One thing I would have liked for you to mention was about the Jewish, Assyrian, Chaldean and Syriac demographic in Iraq. This demographic was a significant part of Iraq’s population up until recent times. Jews occupied Iraq since the fifth century BC up until around the 1950’s. Christians (Assyrians, Chaldean and Syrians) also we’re a significant part of Iraq but began to flee the country during the US invasion in 2003.
Chaldean and Syriac people are Assyrian. Please do not use these labels separately because they are only church labels. I am Chaldean Catholic but our ethnicity is Assyrian.
Sarah Asaad Syriacs are not “Just Aramaic”. We all come from Northern Mesopotamia and definitely not the Levant. Ancient Arameans came from the Levant and the Assyrian empire adopted the Aramaic language (mixing it with Akkadian words). Syriac is a linguistic and religious term. Syriac Orthodox Christians are Assyrians and Chaldeans are Assyrians from the Chaldean Catholic Church. Chaldean Catholics are not related to the Chaldeans of Babylon. These are all labels to differentiate between different churches. Syriac Orthodox Assyrians speak Western Assyrian dialect/Turoyo. We all call ourselves Suraye/Suryoye (Chaldean Catholics and Syriac Orthodox) which literally means Assyrian.
D O real Chaldeans died off a long time ago, while the Assyrians still exist you can call yourself Chaldean catholic but you can’t call yourself Chaldean, so don’t use that word by it’s self since they are different people.
Dear mark thank you so much for this wounderful video about iraq i really thank you from deep down of my heart as an iraqi citizen its amazing and well done
GOD SAVE LEBANON, FROM IRAQ We are the Iraqi people Kurds, Arabs, Izedis etc. From Najaf.. Please be safe we love you Lebanon Thanks for covering our country but we really wish that Lebanon is safe Guys we need a Domain to save The Lebanese people after the blast anyone who has a domain regarding that please let us know
Job well done 👍. You managed to get most of details and fit them in a short video. I will be first to buy tickets to Sinbad movie with you in the lead. Thank you from Baghdad 🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶
YESS.. finally a vid bout my country just some other info's about our temperature it can exceed 60C in July in the afternoon specially in the south LOL we r literally being fried here XD, u did't mention a lot of famous names in science like Ibn Al-Haytham & Al-Kindi plus we have a lot of famous poets & writers like Nazik Al-Malaik, Badr Shakir Al-Sayab, Mohammed Mahdi Al-Jawaheri, Ahmed Matar & others. thanks for the vid lots of love
Wow! 🤩 Iraq 🇮🇶 😍 Mabrouk, ya Mark! 👏 You know Iraq 🇮🇶 as much as I myself do.... 👌 😊 Very interesting 😏 Iraq 🇮🇶 is part of me, of my roots.... My deep old ancient roots come exactly from there.... From Iraq 🇮🇶 w Shamm... 😊 We even have many of our cities here in my land named after with Middle - Eastern names such as..... Ophir; Nazareth; Bethlehem; Fátima; Alcântara; Massama, and so many others.... Acountable 😁 Everything I've learned in my Holy Bible 📖 and in the church ⛪... Everything my grandparents taught me 👵🏻 👴🏻 ❤️ 😭 .... My roots... 😍 ❤️ Can't wait to return there, for once, forever! 🙏 😇
Who's from Iraq ? 🇮🇶
Me ,from Mosul
Me
me ✌🏻❤🇮🇶
Ali Falah Iraqi Kurdish ❤️☀️💚🇮🇶
My brothers in Islam.How is the situation(fight, corona) there, is better now??? May Allah bring release to us all.
that was so thorough. I am iraqi mandean so its really cool that you've included us in. were usually left out. THANK YOU
Off course you're included you're one of our most precious demographics that represents our ancient history 💖
Oh woow I'm moroccan, I read a lot abt your religion nd language in al-ahwaz but never thought i'll meet one someday.. Soo much love to such a great community ❤❤
Ofc you're not left out 💕💕
Wow Mandean! I've recently started researching about Mandeans in Iraq, I picked a book about Mandean language and hopefully I will learn this amazing language
so am i
العراق يا عراق، يا عشق كل الأمة العربية !
الله يحفظكم و ان شاء الله تعود العراق كما كانت و افضل 🇴🇲 🇮🇶
هلا والله بالأخوان العمانين ، على الراس من فوگ يا طيب.
آمين شكراا ع مشاعرك الطيبة، للأسف عمان منسية عند أغلب العراقيين ولا حتى نذكركم بالأخبار 🤔
Ahmed Muayad و الله عندك حق لان الصراحة الكثير من عرب الخلي و العراقيين من ضمنهم ما يتكلمون بطاري عمان ، لكن يا طيب و الله لان و الحمد الله عمان فيها الامور ان شاء الله راكده و انا يعجبني ان اخذ العئلة لزيارة هذا البلد الطيب الي نسمع عنه و عن اهله كل الخير. و حگك على راسي من فوگ يا طيب. جزيل الشكر لك
Duke A
حياكم الله خوتي، صحيح ما تسمعون عنّا كثير بالاعلام لكننا مهتمين بالقضايا العربية و نتمنى لكم كل خير.
و نتشرف بزيارتكم لنا ♥️
والله احنة هم نعشقكم عشق مصاير اكثر بلد مسالم ومحب للعراق هو انتوا 😍❤❤
I have a friend from Iraq, she taught me a lot about the dialect and the food, i'm from Palestine and i love Iraq
@Sarah Asaad ❤️❤️❤️
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@@awn5309 People that consider themselves as Iraqi would mostly speak Arabic 🙂 And they've got Arabic alphabet written on their flag... For Kurdistan region they have been rejecting to be called Iraqi.... Long history. But in short yes it is, Iraq is Arab country since Kurdistan & Yezidi are minority
@@لطيفه-ع5ل The Arabic Language is adopted on Iraqis. Let's talk abount Chaldeans and Assyrians. Sumerians are the oldest civilization in the world and they were in Mesopotamia. Iraqi President is Kurdish. 40% of the population is Kurdish, Yezidie, Chaldean, Assyrian, Turkmen, and etc..
I love Iraq, it’s so underrated yet so rich in history. Much love from a Syrian 🇸🇾❤️🇮🇶❤️🇱🇧
We Iraqis love you Syrians too. Very beautiful history you have, and of course the beautiful Syrian girls 😂 🇸🇾❤️🇮🇶
Hasooni Thank you bro 😂🙏🏼 Y’all be having good looking people too 🇮🇶❤️
Ibrahim Ali hey man, I’m visiting syria in a few months and i have a few questions... can you give me your instagram!? Please
We already love syria and syrians 😁💖
Syria and Iraq should be one country
Which country on face of earth has great history like Iraq 😍İraq is not only empires builder but civilaizations.Salam from Syria to all our brothers in İraq 🇮🇶💐🇸🇾
🇮🇶♥️🇸🇾
We should be one country... 🇮🇶 🇸🇾
Syria and Iraq is ONE nation divided by fake borders, Mesopotamia needs to be one again
هعهععع 😎🔫
india also great civilazation
When you said 3alayhum al salaam when you mentioned the imams, i was amazed! You are such an open minded person and an example for us arabs.
@AYQ KBS When it comes to the prophet Muhammad we shia muslims say Salallahu 3alahy wa alahi wa salam (peace and blessings upon him and his progeny).
When it comes to other prophets like Jesus or Abraham we say Alayhi alsalaam (peace be upon him).
We also say that when it comes to the imams of the family of the prophet. When it comes to the sahaba we say radhi Allahu anh (may Allah be pleased with him)
I agree he’s open minded and I really respect that
Ali Alawy n
@@ahmedthelegend1231 which is ofcourse wrong because only prophets peace be upon the m all are to be told that while sahaba are to be calledرضي الله عنهم
@@Aquafire01 It is not. Explain to me why sunnis also say Allahamu sali wa salim 3alle muhammad wa aaal muhammad. That is sending salaam upon the prophet and his family. The imams are his family too. If you say it is wrong to send salaam upon the imams than you shouldnt say allahuma sali 3alle muhammad wa aal muhammad either. That would be contradictory
As a Kurd from Iraq! Thanks for creating this amazing video! Sending love out there to everyone!
as an arab from Iraq we love the Kurds from up north. much love
@Kayla N Kurdistan El Iraq.
@Kayla N Iraqi Kurdistan.
@Kayla N Go search google.
, Kurdistan is a region in Iraq
@@awn5309 as a kurd i will tell you to not mind her , she is just an ignorant no-brainer with no basic knowledge, she thinks that you are offending her just by saying she's from iraqi kurdsran .
انا من لبنان اكثر بلد احبه بعد بلدي هو العراق واعرف اتكلم اللهجة بسهولة وحلمي ازور العراق /كربلاء
أنا مولود و أصلي من كربلاء لكن صارلي ساكن أكثر من ٢٥ سنة في منتريال كندا و زرت كربلاء في اوكتوبر الماضي في زيارة الأربعين بعد ٢٥ سنة. والله العظيم يا أخي شعور و أحساس لا يوصف. زيارة الأربعين شيء من عالم ثاني و انا الأن أحس بالندم لعدم زيارة مدينتي كل هذا الوقت ولكن وعد نفسي أن أذهب لزيارة الأربعين في كل سنة إنشاء الله. فإذا اردت زيارة كربلاء، أذهب للأربعين و انشالله نحن نكون في خدمتك و كل زائر من لبنان، على راسي والله أحلى عالم الشعب اللبناني
@@AlCafacci الله يرزقنا الزيارة ♥
ليش ما تجين اتمنى تجين وانضيفج عندنا
@@wdsalih4380 صعب
وخصوصا اوضاع لبنان وغلاء الاسعار
انا حتى مقام السيدة زينب في سوريا ولا مرة زايره
يعني ولا مرة سافرت
@@AlCafacci Every AArbeen Thousands of Lebanese visit Karbala. I Myself I live in Windsor, Ontario Wanted to visited Karabla.
We love Iraq and we will always love u guys
Greetings from Yemen 🇾🇪❤️🇮🇶
i love Yemen too
Was waiting for this vedio at the beginning, Thanks Mark you explained Iraq very well, greetings from Iraq🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶
As an Iraqi Mandaean who was born near the ancient city of Ur, I want to tell you that I appreciate your excellent work.
Thanks for mentioning us, where we unfortunately always we've been left out.
A good fact about the Mandaeans is that we are the last of the Sumerians. Our language is close to Akkadian and Aramaic, our faith is the earlier Gnosticism belief, and the Mandaeans are considered the last living Gnostics.
Amazing country and History.❤️
Love from india🇮🇳 to Iraq🇮🇶
Iraq is such a beautiful country with rich history!!!!! I dream of visiting one day... I am learning Iraqi Arabic before though:)
Why Iraqi Arabic though?
How dare you not mention Dulma Mark 😓it’s the number one dish here in Iraq 🇮🇶
LOL that's true hahahah
Reham Taay دولمة😂😂
Dolmaaa ❤️❤️❤️
Yes, i was waiting for the dolma to.
coz we men dont lie dulma too much😂thats why
I’m from Afghanistan 🇦🇫I absolutely adore Iraq 🇮🇶. We both share common values wow. And my best friend is from Iraq 🇮🇶 he likes Afghanistan 🇦🇫 and so do I like Iraq. It’s sad what is going on in these countries Let’s pray for peace and prosperity. Long live Iraq 🇮🇶Long live Afghanistan 🇦🇫. And long live humanity
I was waiting for this 🇮🇶🇮🇶
A lot of what we consider modern civilization had its roots in Iraq. It's a tragedy for the world what the people have suffered recently.
Nice work. Cheers from sunny Vienna, Austria, Scott
شكرا مارك وأخيرا حكيت عن بلدي العراق!! أنت شخص مثقف وراقي جدا، وأنا أحبك وأحترمك منذ زمان طويل، أدامك الله بكل خير يا أخي العزيز!!
العراق بلد عظيم ده شرف له يتكلم عنها تحياتي من مصر ❤
@@md6830 شكرا جزيلا أخي الكريم هذا من كرم أصلك! حفظ الله مصر أم الدنيا والمصريين الجدعان !!
@@captainmarwan5705 🇪🇬 ❤ 🇮🇶
Mark Hachem channel, place where I can take a shelter from toxic comments. Thank you
i love how you stated facts that even i didnt know about my country
You're doing great brother, love from India.
You missed karbala
Wich is one of the world's largest annual public gathering that is held every year in Karbala.
From Afghanistan 🇦🇫
Love iraq🇮🇶
Baarak allhu bik akhi 🔫😎💙⚘
Alhamdulillah rrabi al3alamieen 💙
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Yo Husain!
Yaaaaa our neighbors!!! I love Iraq 😍🇮🇶
From Kuwait 🖤🇰🇼
We love you too
Hi from the US. Some of the reactions are surprising. Didn't Iraq invade and attempt to annex Kuwait in recent history? I thought that's what started the invasion of Iraq to release Kuwait. It's nice to see Kuwait and Iraq getting along. Lots of fighting happens in the middle east.
@@susanholl5994 Yes! That's the past.
All of the 22 Arab countries are 1 family, we speak the same language and follow the same path and have the same blood; nothing can break us, let politics burn, we don't care.. Peace to you 💗
@@susanholl5994 the stupid Saddam was a dictator and wars trader .
alot of Iraqis didn't support him.
Assalamualikum please help me🙏😭 I'm Hyderabad woman too👶👶 baby not🍴🍕🍔 please over 🌧rain😭😭😭😭 no house please help my everyone please help🙏😭
Fan Fact: the city of Agrabah (From Aladdin) is based on Baghdad, Disney decided to not use the name Baghdad back then because of the Iraqi-American tensions. #1:24
Love from both Iraq and Turkey 🇮🇶🇹🇷
Everything was interesting, and it reminded me of history class in my 6th grade. Awesome job! I am discovering that I eat some of the food of all Arabic countries, like bami for exemplo. 🇸🇾 🇱🇧 🇧🇷
He is talking about Iraq what a fuck why did u put the syria flag lol
I am Iranian, and love our brothers and sisters in iraq
We love you too! Best neighbors!
Barak Allahu feek ❤️
Iraqis are such good people ❤️❤️
Great videos akhi, keep it up. Love from Australia and Lebanon 💓
From USA, Iraq has the nicest people and it's gorgeous. Such good energy there .
تحياتنا لأجدع ناس أهل العراق 🇪🇬 ❤🇮🇶
😂الله يحييك شترك بقناتي 😎🔫 لو اذبحك 🙂👍🐴
I like the country of Iraq I have been interested in the place and people since like the 2000s
Was waiting for that good video bro you done well it's just there's so much history so it's okay if you missed it
In sha Allah we will go back to where we were someday ❤
Thank you for showing the beautiful history and culture of my beautiful country Iraq 🇮🇶❤️ love your videos ❤️
This has to be one of the most informative and well researched video's I've seen on Iraq, my homeland. ❤🇮🇶 Thank you so much for all the effort you put into this!
SHUKRAN. 🙏🏼💖
yes its the best on youtupe
This is like an Arab focused Geography Now ❤️ also one other fun fact is that a lot of the accounts that we have of Vikings is actually from an Iraqi scholar named Ibn Fadlan, just wanted to throw that in there :)
محمد رائد !Thanks for the extra info
@محمد رائد
We're not Arabs and, especially, Muslims ‼️........ 🙄 😒
@محمد رائد
I'm not talking about emotions, dude... 🙄
I'm talking about Facts!! 😒
Ufff 😑
Sara Muminah where are you from!?
@@goatfucker1413
Europe 🇪🇺
Iberian peninsula
Why?? 🙄
You forgot to add the language of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic which is still spoken by the native Assyrians of Northern Iraq (Assyria)
are they the decendant of the ancient assyrians, who created the assyrian empires?
Gilgamesch von Uruk Yes we are
Gilgamesch von Uruk a lot are mixed
@@gilgameschvonuruk4982 They do. It's not exclusive though. A lot of the fertile crescent populations today descend from the Assyrians as well. Today's Assyrians are the ones who kept their identity.
MLGdigimon Depends on what you mean by “mixed”, sure there is mixture but we’re relatively homogenous considering that we are Christians surrounded by Muslims and we do not intermarry it’s them. Our neighbours are more mixed than we are.
The most amazing fact I learned from this video about iraq is the fact that most britains are direct descendants of iraqi and syrian farmers that immigrated 10,000 years ago
@@M414-q6o
Hahaha, Iraqi Arabs were black, that's very funny
@@M414-q6o
Sumerian is the ancient civilization of Iraq from the Semites
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@@GMN1
You are just wrong. The problem is you and the person whose comment i replied to have no idea what you're talking about. You read articles online without understanding the context of the information. If you had cared to do any sort of research into this topic, you would know that the Sumerians weren't Semites. But thats just the problem, you get your information from stupid documentaries and articles instead of looking at the actual academic material.
Semites first arrived in Mesopotamia at around 3000BC when Eastern Semites migrated to Mesopotamia and founded the Kish Civilization who later on became the Akkadians and even later, Babylonians and Assyrians. These groups had no relation to the Sumerians prior to this. Semetic people are part of the Afro-Asiatic peoples whose original heartland is thought to have been somewhere around Southern Egypt or Ethiopia.
And modern iraqi arabs came even much later than that. You Arabs don't have any right to claim the prior civilizations of Mesopotamia and their contributions to humanity any more than anyone else. The only people who can make that claim would be Assyrians and Chaldeans of whom you have no relation to.
Also, the claim that Said Ahdarf just made is complete BS. I can tell that he misread an article that was published a while back about the genetic connection between the early pre-indo-european population of western europe and the ancient anatolian populations.
He and other ignorant Arabs think that because parts of Mesopotamia are currently in Turkey, that somehow means the pre-indo-european inhabitants of europe are somehow connected to them, forgetting that they are neither Anatolian or even have any remote connection to even the original Mesopotamians let alone Anatolia.
There is just no point in making completely bogus claims to boost your nationalistic ego or whatever, saying things like this will just make you look stupid.
@@M414-q6o lol all previous civilisations were still arab. You’re wrong lololol www.arabamerica.com/the-origin-of-the-phoenicians/
@@lets_wrapitup
You literally just proved all of my points 😂. Seriously bro? "arabamerica.com" is that all you got? so much for your unbiased academic sources 🤦♂️
I have no idea why I am even arguing with you people. You have the intellectual capability of a rock. You can believe this BS all you want, but history won't change to make you feel better about yourself. I really don't care, If fabricating your own history makes you happy, then fine. Just don't expect other people to respect it.
Just a small correction, Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib RA isn't only limited to Shia Islam but is a central character in Sunni Islam too as he is the 4th Khalifa.
Plus, Baghdad has the final resting place of many saintly figures in Islam as well as Basra which has the legendary saint Sheikh Ahmad Kabir al Rifai among others.
Aside from that, ayda haki khayye
And Kabala (كربلاء المقدسة) contains the shrine of Imam Al-Hussain Ibn Ali Ibn Abi Talib, also an important character for Shia.
Al-Hasan ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib, Al-Hussein ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib peace be upon them are also important to sunni but there should be no divide so they are important to Islam
@@mlgdigimon exactly they're important in Islam as a whole.
Where are you from ??? Chaudhary is Sanskrit - Hindi word
@Muhammad Alghiffary haram don't say that. There are some Shias that are not Muslims but the majority are.
Mosul is a great Netflix movie with Arab actors using the local dialects of North West Iraq
I did a Paper on the Cultural Preservation of Iraq. I wish i would have watched this video before i had written that paper. Mark really goes into much more detail about the vibrant and historical significance of the Anicent people of Iraq. The area of Mesopotamia is really the cradle of human civilization. Maybe we can begin to realize the importance of iraq and its culture for the future
I would have loved if you had recited a few lines from Al-Mutannabi’s poems with your golden voice!
What people around the world don't know about Iraq that before the events that lead to the Iraq we sadly sea on some major news channels... Iraq was THE country for musiciand artists and intellectuals just as Egypt Lebanon and Syria in the last century during the golden age of art and music aka the tsrab period famous songers such as Sabah and fayrouze and other famous figures of music would perform int he Baghdad Opera House and to any arabian singer or musician it would be like preforming in the greatest hall in the world!
I feel the beed to mention that Iraq also gave us the first tv channel in the middle east and the beautiful soulful voice of the student of Mohammad Al Qubanji I'm talking about Nazim Al Ghazali and the world famius master of oud and composer Nasseer Shamma and the most talented architect who ever lived Zaha Hadeed
Every thing, started from iraq! But many people don’t know that, make me want to cry. How great the country was, now it is only wars.
@@ehabkhazaal6873 yes brother the first cultures and civilizations began in Iraq and no one can deny these facts give it time Iraq will rise and be the great land it was in history and still is today giving us the people I mentioned and more❤️❤️❤️
Jad Baayoun inshallah soon it will ❤️🇮🇶
Love your videos
from Kurdistan-IRAQ
Salute from Iraq 🇮🇶 to Lebanon 🌸
When I was a little kid, I used to be obsessed with ancient sumerians
Ya!
"Gilgamesh Von Uruk" 😁
We can clearly see it by your unusual name 😅
Plain and clear 😉 👌
Not common name tho... 😅
(you seems to be a very criative person. Lol 😂)
@@mikidias now you know how Japanese people feel about weebs
@Ali Kareem Neamah
Wrong ❗👎
"Von" word is German, not Dutch, you dumbie!! 😒
Lol 😅
@Ali Kareem Neamah I actually read that he wasn't so good, according to a history book I read when I was young, Gilgamesch used so many resources to unify Sumeria, that the weakened country was invaded by the Elamites.
This is the coolest thing to weeb about
True man of culture
An appreciated effort in reciting the history and food. One big fact missed, Turkish is the third language in Iraq as Turkmen are the third minority after Arabs and Kurds. In general, a plausible work, thank you.
Yess... Turkmeneli community are quite awesome, Usually in Turkmen city of Mosul, Tikrit, Mendeli, Tel Afar, Kerkuk is the largest
@@M414-q6o so u didn't say that they are useless huh?
Thanks, I am turkmen Iraki and it’s hard when no one is accepting you. I have even some assyrian
@@freepalestine7687 coming from an iraqi arab we love you guys
@@uyghurmalay4155 mendeli??? Wtf there are no turkmens there, also Kerkuk is majority kurdish.
My lovely country ❤️ I wish nothing more than it find peace as it was 🙏🏻
i hope too 🌿🌿🌿🌱
I'm from Ethiopia please tell me amarah Iraq city history
شكرا لك من العراق وتحية لك وللشعب اللبناني الحبيب ولجميع العرب
Please help😭🙏
@@ibanmohammad3139 What do you need help with?
my greetings to all iraq.great video mark.i learned a lot about this fascinating country, i wish the next country is Algeria.
Amazing video about Iraq... my husband (who is Mandaean) and I really enjoyed it. Thank you!
This was heart warming. I love learning more historical facts from these videos. love from Iraq 🇮🇶💕
تحية لاخواتنا وحبايبنا من العراق العظيمة وان شاء الله العراق ترجع احسن من الاول محبتكم من مصر 🇪🇬 🇮🇶♥♥
Thank you Mark, I showed your video to work in a cultural dinner and everyone was amazed by the facts and the interesting summary you presented. Well done!
The Levant and mesopotamia have very rich cultures :)
@Gabro Ego i am talking about the current culture, not ancient. the past is the past. love my habibis from georgia
Gabro Ego
Are you sure? Who was the king of Tadmor? Wasn't Julia Domna an Arab?
Gabro Ego
Although I do believe the so-called Arameans were Arabs, I didn't claim in my comment they were.
Now back to my questions, who was the first king of Tadmor? Wasn't Julia Domna an Arab?
Gabro Ego
The vast majority of (if not all) historians acknowledge that she was born to an Arab family. Her sister's name was Maysa! Her father was an Arab high priest of Elagabal (Elah El Gabal), and they worshipped a black stone. Domna/Dimna means "black" in Arabic.
In other words, her Arab ancestry is indisputable.
P.S Es freut mich sehr, dass meine Fragen dir auf die Nerven gehen ;)
Gabro
Deswegen glaube ich, dass die sogenannten "Aramäer" Araber waren.
Bedeutet "Dimna" schwarz auf Aramäisch? Ist "Maysa'" ein aramäischer Name? Bedeutet "Gabal" Berg auch auf Aramäisch?
تحية للعراق العظيم من مصر 🇪🇬 ❤️ 🇮🇶
All the love from Yemen😍🇾🇪
Assalamualikum please help😭
I was in Haditha Dam area for the war-it was desolate-it’s fascinating how this dry land affected our human history so much!
احلا العالم العراقيين بيجننوا وعم بحكي بعد خبرة 💙🤚🏼
France and Irak had excellent relations in the 70ies and the 80ies. I often went to the Iraki Cultural Centre of Paris (in the prestigious area of Charles de Gaulle "square" with the Arc de Triomphe) to hear lectures, listen to music or see films. I attended in it some lessons of 'khatt 'arabiyy" with a great calligraph, late Ghani al -'Aani. Irak is the Arab country where arts like sculpture and painting are the richest. For instance in painting there is the painter Su'âd al-'Attâr, whose painting is inspired by the Mesopotamian history and natural landscapes...
bruh you forgot the most popular dish: Dolma
Yeah I am sad that he didn't mention it
Dolma is a Turkish dish the name comes from the Turkish word "dolmak / dolma " which means filling .As well as it"s called dolma in Turkey.
@@salihnacar7362 No, in Turkey It's called sarma that comes from the verb sarmak which means wrapping or rolling. And the Iraqi Dolma is so much more flavorable You can't just call it Turkish.
Because it's not only special in Iraq, many Arab countries have it
@@badeaeg True but none has perfected it like Iraqis. The Iraqi one is the most flavoursome and very delicious. The rest make it bland.
Hey Mark!
I know this video was posted a long time ago, but I wanted to thank you. Seriously, this is the best video I’ve seen about Iraq on the internet! Your research was so thorough, and covered a wide range of topics.
Thank you for giving such a great picture of Arab people and culture!
Mille merci!
شكراً جزيلاً!
Great video Mark! One thing I would have liked for you to mention was about the Jewish, Assyrian, Chaldean and Syriac demographic in Iraq. This demographic was a significant part of Iraq’s population up until recent times. Jews occupied Iraq since the fifth century BC up until around the 1950’s. Christians (Assyrians, Chaldean and Syrians) also we’re a significant part of Iraq but began to flee the country during the US invasion in 2003.
Chaldean and Syriac people are Assyrian. Please do not use these labels separately because they are only church labels. I am Chaldean Catholic but our ethnicity is Assyrian.
Sarah Asaad Syriacs are not “Just Aramaic”. We all come from Northern Mesopotamia and definitely not the Levant. Ancient Arameans came from the Levant and the Assyrian empire adopted the Aramaic language (mixing it with Akkadian words). Syriac is a linguistic and religious term. Syriac Orthodox Christians are Assyrians and Chaldeans are Assyrians from the Chaldean Catholic Church. Chaldean Catholics are not related to the Chaldeans of Babylon. These are all labels to differentiate between different churches. Syriac Orthodox Assyrians speak Western Assyrian dialect/Turoyo. We all call ourselves Suraye/Suryoye (Chaldean Catholics and Syriac Orthodox) which literally means Assyrian.
D O no they are different idiot
MLGdigimon I know more about my people, so fuck of
D O real Chaldeans died off a long time ago, while the Assyrians still exist you can call yourself Chaldean catholic but you can’t call yourself Chaldean, so don’t use that word by it’s self since they are different people.
Hello from India 🇮🇳✨❤️🇮🇶شلونك يا عراق ... مرحبا من الهند
amazing to hear all of this narrated in a smooth way, was Sindabad a real person ? please make a video on him
Dear mark thank you so much for this wounderful video about iraq i really thank you from deep down of my heart as an iraqi citizen its amazing and well done
GOD SAVE LEBANON, FROM IRAQ
We are the Iraqi people
Kurds, Arabs, Izedis etc.
From Najaf.. Please be safe we love you Lebanon
Thanks for covering our country but we really wish that Lebanon is safe
Guys we need a Domain to save The Lebanese people after the blast
anyone who has a domain regarding that please let us know
Thanks from Iraq Mark, I love your videos
تحية لأهل العراق من غرب لبنان 🇱🇧🖤🇮🇶
Assalamualikum please help🙏😭
@@ibanmohammad3139 what?!
@@baajourlb2717 assalamualikum please help me sir I'm hyderabad woman too 👶👶baby not🍴🍕🍔 no house over 🌧 rain 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 please help me🙏😭😭🙏🙏🙏
@@ibanmohammad3139 I want but I cannot💔
This video is underrated
Mark you inspired me to start my own channel , you are such an inspiration ❤️💕
I really loved how u said A3leyhum Salam for our Imams, your a amazing person 👏
Actually, their was one more empire after the Neo-Assyrians. It was the Neo-Babylonians. This was the empire that Cyrus conquered.
Some just call both eras Assyrian though.
Z J no they aren’t
Muhammad I never said that
@@yazeedme They weren't both Assyrian. They were both Akkadian!
@@jtadros16 Sorry, wrong person. Meant to reply to ZJ
Baghdad 💖 P.S: So refreshing to see someone mentioning us Mandaeans, thank you! 👏🏼
Thank you for this video.. it made me even prouder to be Iraqi ❤️
Dear Mark Hachem ! You are a creative person and your channel is excellent for introducing people to Arab countries in a civilized way .
It can get so hot in iraq we boil an egg on a car outside
Bruh we hit average 40° last summer
Sarman and still when its afternoon we wear a blanket and drink tea while smoking cigarettes 😂😂
@@omerjameel3524 I don't why we do this to ourselves you'd think we'll have ice cream but no we drink hot boiling tea
Omer Miran it gets so hot here I don’t know how I survive
Oh my god this comment had me cracking up 😂😂😂😂 forgive the pun lmao
Job well done 👍. You managed to get most of details and fit them in a short video. I will be first to buy tickets to Sinbad movie with you in the lead. Thank you from Baghdad 🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶
احبك مارك ❤
شكراً للحلقة 🇮🇶❤
#العراقيين وينكم؟
اجمل مكان في #بغدآد هي ساحة التحرير 😍
I'm loving these Arab Facts videos! You're doing a great job Mark!
Thank you for making this video! Proud to be a Christian Iraqi!
تحية للمسيحيين من مسلم لبناني🧡
Aren’t you Assyrian I can tell by your last name
Happy to see more people talk about kurds
I really love you videos ❤️
I’m Assyrian ! Shout out to the all the Iraqis
So happy you did one from Iraq! This is beautiful ❤️
Love from Palestine 🇵🇸 & Canada 🇨🇦
I want to go to Iraq for a holiday, I hope it's cheap. Coming from Australia
Very Aproud to be from Iraq (Mesopotamia)🇮🇶❤️
Didnt knew that Iraq has the words Allahu Ackbar on the flag until i looked closer and you said it.
❤️🇱🇧🇸🇾🇮🇶🇲🇦❤️
I was just reading the book "they came to Baghdad" by agatha cristie. Much love to the beautiful country Iraq from Egypt, god be with you.
You forgot Zaha Hadid one of the greatest female architects in the history of architects
I have been to Iraq. The people of Iraq are the most welcoming people on this earth.
Big love to you from Iraq. ❤
Please help🙏😭
Awesome. From Sydney Australia.
YESS.. finally a vid bout my country just some other info's about our temperature it can exceed 60C in July in the afternoon specially in the south LOL we r literally being fried here XD, u did't mention a lot of famous names in science like Ibn Al-Haytham & Al-Kindi plus we have a lot of famous poets & writers like Nazik Al-Malaik, Badr Shakir Al-Sayab, Mohammed Mahdi Al-Jawaheri, Ahmed Matar & others. thanks for the vid lots of love
Are u a relative of saddam 🤨🤨
@@alhussein_azzam lol no but my father's name is Saddam
Dalia Saddam u must like him then
Third population in Iraq is Turkmen which they live in kerkuk and Dyala and Mosul
You forgot dulma which is the most popular dish in Iraq
Aseel Aljbouri you can find dolma in other cuisines like Greek and Turkish and he was talking about food that only originated from Iraq.
David Van Abed, trust me no one can do it. Like iraqi! We are famous for it.
Wow! 🤩
Iraq 🇮🇶 😍
Mabrouk, ya Mark! 👏
You know Iraq 🇮🇶 as much as I myself do.... 👌 😊
Very interesting 😏
Iraq 🇮🇶 is part of me, of my roots....
My deep old ancient roots come exactly from there....
From Iraq 🇮🇶 w Shamm... 😊
We even have many of our cities here in my land named after with Middle - Eastern names such as.....
Ophir; Nazareth; Bethlehem; Fátima; Alcântara; Massama, and so many others....
Acountable 😁
Everything I've learned in my Holy Bible 📖 and in the church ⛪...
Everything my grandparents taught me 👵🏻 👴🏻 ❤️ 😭 ....
My roots... 😍 ❤️
Can't wait to return there, for once, forever! 🙏 😇
i find it very interesting , these days i m starting to learn Arabic .. there is a lot to learn from Arabic culture
You forgot Iraqi sometime they have kabab as breakfast.
That’s funny 😄 today i ate kebab in breakfast it was leftover
😂😂
Really, I thought only the kurds do that 😂
Ali Kurdish Wolff sar u pe xosha ba sbbaynan:)
Hmmm never heared any Iraqi have kebab for breakfast!!!!