Iskan

Iskan

الإسكان
Iskan الإسكان
Housing City
	City of Al-Iskan in the Karbala Governorate
	Picture of Masjid Al Rahman located within the heart of Al-Iskan in the Karbala Governorate.
	Coordinates: 32°35′23.9136″N 44°1′22.8792″E / 32.589976000°N 44.023022000°E
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Karbala
City	Al-Iskan
Created	1959 - 1961
Founded by	Abd al-Karim Qasim

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 19 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] 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]

Each province an Al Iskan was built in[edit]

References[edit]

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

[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] ttps://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dludden/DREZEgazdarIRAQ1991.pdf^{[bare URL 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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Iskan الإسكان
Housing City
City of Al-Iskan in the Karbala Governorate
Picture of Masjid Al Rahman located within the heart of Al-Iskan in the Karbala Governorate.
Coordinates: 32°35′23.9136″N 44°1′22.8792″E / 32.589976000°N 44.023022000°E / 32.589976000; 44.023022000
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Karbala
City	Al-Iskan
Created	1959 - 1961
Founded by	Abd al-Karim Qasim^[1]

Iskan

Each province an Al Iskan was built in[edit]

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