Iraq

From AASL

Basic information of the country/area

Name of the country/area	Iraq
Formal name of the country/area	Republic of Iraq
Country/area information	The World Factbook (CIA)
	Wikipedia (English)

Contents 1 Indigenous signs for "Iraq" 2 Spoken languages 3 Sign languages 4 Population of Deaf/deaf people 5 Legal status of sign languages 6 Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf 7 Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies 8 Education for the deaf 9 Deaf communities and cultures 10 Religious activities by the Deaf 11 Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages 12 Sign language dictionaries 13 Bibliography 14 Researchers 15 History of sign language research 16 Events 17 Links 18 Notes

Indigenous signs for "Iraq"

Illustrations in the literature

"Iraq" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 83.)

Spoken languages

Arabic

Kurdish

Sign languages

Population of Deaf/deaf people

Charitable Organisation for the Deaf's official or approximate number of Deaf people: 200,000.; Sign language users : 100,000. (WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. : See Bibliography below.)

Legal status of sign languages

Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf

Charitable Organisation for the Deaf (Iraq); established in 2006. (WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. : See Bibliography below.)

Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies

Education for the deaf

Deaf communities and cultures

Religious activities by the Deaf

Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages

Sign language dictionaries

Bibliography

World Federation of the Deaf and Swedish National Association of the Deaf. 2008. Global Survey Report. WFD Regional Secretariat for Arab Region (WFD RSAR). Global Education Pre-Planning Project on the Human Rights of Deaf People. World Federation of the Deaf. Finland.

Harris, N. D.C. and N. Mustafa. 1986. Teaching hearing-impaired children in Iraq using a new teaching method. In : Programmed Learning and Educational Technology. 23: 159-165.

Hasso, M. H. 1985. The development of services for deaf children in Iraq. In: Taylor, I.G. ed. The Education of the Deaf. Current Perspectives, volume 4. London: Croom Helm. 2012-2017.

Mustafa, N-S. 1985. A new teaching strategy for hearing impaired pupils in Iraq: aspects of mathematics and science for pupils aged 9-14 years. Ph.D. thesis, University of Bath, U.K.

Hamid, Rajaa. 1977. The welfare of the deaf and dumb in Iraq. In : Proceedings of the International Congress of the Deaf, Tokyo 1975. Tokyo: Organizing Committee. 135-136.

Researchers

History of sign language research

Events

Links

Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Iraq

Notes

Countries and areas of Middle East

Middle East (general)	Middle East (general)
Anatolia	Turkey
Arabian Peninsula	Bahrain | Kuwait | Oman | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | UAE | Yemen
Iranian Plateau	Iran
Levant	Israel | Jordan | Lebanon | Syria
Areas and others	Palestine