This article was first published on daraj.com / 14-10-2020
“My daughter’s health has deteriorated, and she cannot walk, and the problem of shortness of breath has become insufferable for her… we demanded a modern hospital, and the companies in question responded to our request by building a mobile health center consisting of a small car carrying some medicine.” Who will gain the rights for Basra’s residents?
Rumaila town is a southern Iraqi town that attracts major international oil companies, while its residents live in poverty and they face a fraught security situation that prevents them from building new residential homes and from restoring their old houses.