Iskan

Series of cities in Iraq

Housing City in Karbala, Iraq

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, 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]

1. Al-Anbar
2. Babil
3. Baghdad
4. Basra
5. Dhi Qar
6. Al-Qādisiyyah
7. Diyala
8. Dohuk
9. Erbil
10. Halabja
11. Karbala
12. Kirkuk
13. Maysan
14. Muthanna
15. Najaf
16. Nineveh
17. Saladin
18. Sulaymaniyah
19. Wasit

## See also[edit]

* Governorates of Iraq
* List of cities in Iraq
* Iraq War
* Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)

## References[edit]

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[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.