Iskan

Iskan, Al Iskan or Al-Iskan (/ɑːlɪskɑːn/) Arabic: الإسكان, are a series of cities built and founded by the 24th prime minister of Iraq, the late Abd al-Karim Qasim. He built an `Al-Iskan` in each of the 18 provinces of Iraq as a bid to help implement a number of positive domestic changes that benefited Iraqi society, thus; oversaw the building of 35,000 residential units to house the poor and destitute of Iraq.[2]

Iskan
الإسكان
Housing City
City of Al-Iskan in the Karbala Governorate
Picture of Masjid Al Rahman located within central Al-Iskan, Karbala Governorate.
Coordinates: 32°35′23.9136″N 44°1′22.8792″E
CountryIraq
GovernorateKarbala
CityAl-Iskan
Created1959 - 1961
Founded byAbd al-Karim Qasim[1]

In the 1950s and 60s, poverty and hardship were widespread across Iraq[3] and to combat this issue, Abd al-Karim Qasim built these cities to house the poor and homeless of Iraq meaning that all the residents of Al-Iskan in each governorate come from an impoverished and deprived background, due to this - these cities are seen as rough neighbourhoods where kidnapping, murder and other major crimes are rife compared to other areas of Iraq.[4][5]

18 Provinces an Al Iskan was built in
Governorates
Al-AnbarBabilBaghdad
BasraDhi QarAl-Qādisiyyah
DiyalaDohukErbil
KarbalaKirkukMaysan
MuthannaNajafNineveh
SaladinSulaymaniyahWasit

See also

References
  1. Marr, Phebe (2004). The Modern History of Iraq. Westview Press. ISBN 9780813336152. pg 164
  2. Farouk–Sluglett, Marion; Sluglett, Peter (2001). Iraq Since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship. I.B. Tauris. pp. 76–78. ISBN 9780857713735
  3. https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dludden/DREZEgazdarIRAQ1991.pdf
  4. Glanz, James (3 April 2005). "Iraq's Dislocated Minorities Struggle in Urban Enclaves". The New York Times.
  5. "Iraq: Events of 2018". English. 17 January 2019.
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