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Iraqi Canadians, the Glossary

Iraqi Canadians are Canadians of full or partial Iraqi descent, as well as people from the state of Iraq who are ethno-linguistic and religious minorities.^[1]

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Canadian people of Iraqi descent
Iraqi emigrants to Canada
Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada

Aliyah (wrestler)

Nhooph Al-Areebi (born November 23, 1994) is a Canadian professional wrestler. Iraqi Canadians and Aliyah (wrestler) are Canadian people of Iraqi descent.

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Anisa Mehdi

Anisa Marie Mehdi is an Iraqi-Canadian film director and journalist. Iraqi Canadians and Anisa Mehdi are Canadian people of Iraqi descent.

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Anita Sarkeesian

Anita Sarkeesian (born 1983) is a Canadian-American feminist media critic. Iraqi Canadians and Anita Sarkeesian are Canadian people of Iraqi descent.

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Arab Canadians

Arab Canadians (Arabo-Canadiens) come from all of the countries of the Arab world. Iraqi Canadians and Arab Canadians are Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada.

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Arabs

The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.

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Assyrian Canadians

Assyrian Canadians (Canadiens Assyriens) are Canadians of Assyrian descent or Assyrians who have Canadian citizenship. Iraqi Canadians and Assyrian Canadians are Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada.

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The Assyrian Church of the East (ACOE), sometimes called the Church of the East and officially known as the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East (HACACE), is an Eastern Christian church that follows the traditional Christology and ecclesiology of the historical Church of the East.

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Assyrians in Iraq

Iraqi Assyrians (ܣܘܪ̈ܝܐ, آشوريو العراق) are an ethnic and linguistic minority group, indigenous to Upper Mesopotamia.

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Asur language

Asuri is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Asur people, part of the Munda branch.

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Awatef Rasheed

Awatef Rasheed (عواطف تركي رشيد; born 1956 in Basra, Iraq) is an Iraqi Canadian writer, secular women's rights activist, and the first Iraqi female recipient of Femmy Award. Iraqi Canadians and Awatef Rasheed are Iraqi emigrants to Canada.

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Blue-collar worker

A blue-collar worker is a working class person who performs manual labor or skilled trades.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Calgary

Calgary is the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Canadian English

Canadian English (CanE, CE, en-CA) encompasses the varieties of English used in Canada.

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Canadian French

Canadian French (français canadien) is the French language as it is spoken in Canada.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Census in Canada

Statistics Canada conducts a national census of population and census of agriculture every five years and releases the data with a two-year lag.

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Chaldean Catholic Church

The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic particular church (sui iuris) in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church, and is headed by the Chaldean Patriarchate.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Duraid Munajim

Duraid Munajim is a Toronto-based film director and a freelance cinematographer. Iraqi Canadians and Duraid Munajim are Iraqi emigrants to Canada.

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Eastern Catholic Churches

The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (sui iuris) particular churches of the Catholic Church, in full communion with the Pope in Rome.

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Economic sanctions

Economic sanctions are commercial and financial penalties applied by states or institutions against states, groups, or individuals.

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Fajer Al-Kaisi

Fajer Al-Kaisi (الفجر آل القيسي) is an Iraqi-Canadian actor, best known for his recurring role as Osama bin Laden / OBL in the third season of Future Man, an atheist version of the real-life terrorist from an alternate reality where he was prevented from becoming one. Iraqi Canadians and Fajer Al-Kaisi are Iraqi emigrants to Canada.

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Farah Nosh

Farah Nosh (فرح نوش) is an Iraqi Canadian photojournalist. Iraqi Canadians and Farah Nosh are Canadian people of Iraqi descent.

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Farouk Kaspaules

Farouk Kaspaules is an Iraqi-born Canadian artist of Assyrian origin, noted for his engravings and silk-screen photography. Iraqi Canadians and Farouk Kaspaules are Iraqi emigrants to Canada.

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Feminism

Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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History of the Jews in Iraq

The history of the Jews in Iraq (יְהוּדִים בָּבְלִים,,; اليهود العراقيون) is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity.

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Inside Mecca

Inside Mecca is a 2003 National Geographic documentary film by Anisa Mehdi that offers an intimate documentation of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.

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Iran–Iraq War

The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War, was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Iraqi Armenians

Iraqi Armenians (أرمنيون عراقيون ’Armanion Iraqion; Armenian: իրաքահայեր irakahayer) are Iraqi citizens and residents of Armenian ethnicity.

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Iraqi diaspora

The Iraqi diaspora refers to native Iraqis who have left for other countries as emigrants or refugees, and is now one of the largest in modern times, being described by the UN as a "humanitarian crisis" caused by the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 invasion of Iraq and by the ensuing war.

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Iraqis

Iraqis (العراقيون) are people who originate from the country of Iraq.

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Isa Hasan al-Yasiri

Isa Hasan al-Yasiri (translit; born 1942) is an Iraqi-Canadian poet. Iraqi Canadians and isa Hasan al-Yasiri are Iraqi emigrants to Canada.

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Isho Shiba

Isho Shiba (born 18 September 1986 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Assyrian-Canadian boxer. Iraqi Canadians and Isho Shiba are Iraqi emigrants to Canada.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Joe Balass

Joe Balass (born in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi Canadian filmmaker. Iraqi Canadians and Joe Balass are Iraqi emigrants to Canada.

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Judaism

Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.

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Kurdish Canadians

Kurdish Canadians refers to people of Kurdish origin who are born in or living in Canada. Iraqi Canadians and Kurdish Canadians are Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada.

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Kurdish language

Kurdish (Kurdî, کوردی) is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest and northeast Iran, and Syria.

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Kurmanji

Kurmanji (lit), also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northernmost of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Syria and the Caucasus and Khorasan regions.

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Leilah Nadir

Leilah Nadir is a Canadian novelist and writer. Iraqi Canadians and Leilah Nadir are Canadian people of Iraqi descent.

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Mandaeism

Mandaeism (Classical Mandaic), sometimes also known as Nasoraeanism or Sabianism, is a Gnostic, monotheistic and ethnic religion with Greek, Iranian, and Jewish influences. Its adherents, the Mandaeans, revere Adam, Abel, Seth, Enos, Noah, Shem, Aram, and especially John the Baptist. Mandaeans consider Adam, Seth, Noah, Shem and John the Baptist prophets, with Adam being the founder of the religion and John being the greatest and final prophet.

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Mandaic language

Mandaic, or more specifically Classical Mandaic, is the liturgical language of Mandaeism and a South Eastern Aramaic variety in use by the Mandaean community, traditionally based in southern parts of Iraq and southwest Iran, for their religious books.

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Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media.

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Mesopotamian Arabic

Mesopotamian Arabic (لهجة بلاد ما بين النهرين), also known as Iraqi Arabic (اللهجة العراقية), is a group of varieties of Arabic spoken in the Mesopotamian basin of Iraq, as well as in Syria, southeastern Turkey, Iran, Kuwait and Iraqi diaspora communities.

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Middle Eastern Canadians

Middle Eastern Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to the Middle East, which includes West Asia and North Africa. Iraqi Canadians and Middle Eastern Canadians are Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Muayyed Nureddin

Muayyed Nureddin (مؤيد نورالدين) is an Iraqi-born Canadian geologist who was imprisoned and tortured in Syria after being arrested in December 2003. Iraqi Canadians and Muayyed Nureddin are Iraqi emigrants to Canada.

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Naïm Kattan

Naïm Kattan, (August 26, 1928 – July 2, 2021) was a Canadian novelist, essayist and critic of Iraqi Jewish origin. Iraqi Canadians and Naïm Kattan are Iraqi emigrants to Canada.

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Narcy (rapper)

Yassin Alsalman, better known by his stage name Narcy (formerly The Narcicyst), is an Iraqi-Canadian rapper, author, university instructor and actor. Iraqi Canadians and Narcy (rapper) are Iraqi emigrants to Canada.

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Neo-Aramaic languages

The Neo-Aramaic or Modern Aramaic languages are varieties of Aramaic that evolved during the late medieval and early modern periods, and continue to the present day as vernacular (spoken) languages of modern Aramaic-speaking communities.

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Ottawa

Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Provinces and territories of Canada

Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.

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Qi Card

The Qi Card also known for International Smart Card ISC is an Iraqi debit card and is the national credit card of Iraq.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003.

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Shia Islam

Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam.

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Sorani

Sorani Kurdish (rtl, Kurmancîy Xwarû), also known as Central Kurdish, is a Kurdish dialect or a language spoken in Iraq, mainly in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as the provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and West Azerbaijan in western Iran.

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Southern Kurdish

Southern Kurdish (Kurdî Xwarîn) is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in northeastern Iraq and western Iran.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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Suret language

Suret (ܣܘܪܝܬ) (ˈsu:rɪtʰ or ˈsu:rɪθ), also known as Assyrian, refers to the varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by Christians, namely Assyrians.

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Syriac Christianity

Syriac Christianity (ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ / Mšiḥoyuṯo Suryoyto or Mšiḥāyūṯā Suryāytā) is a branch of Eastern Christianity of which formative theological writings and traditional liturgies are expressed in the Classical Syriac language, a variation of the old Aramaic language.

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Syriac Orthodox Church

The Syriac Orthodox Church (ʿIdto Sūryoyto Trīṣath Shubḥo); also known as West Syriac Church or West Syrian Church, officially known as the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, and informally as the Jacobite Church, is an Oriental Orthodox church that branched from the Church of Antioch.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Turkish language

Turkish (Türkçe, Türk dili also Türkiye Türkçesi 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 to 100 million speakers.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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West Asian Canadians

West Asian Canadians, officially known as West Central Asian and Middle Eastern Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to West Asia and Central Asia. Iraqi Canadians and West Asian Canadians are Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Canadians

Also known as Canadians of Iraqi descent, Iraqi Canadian, Iraqis in Canada, List of Iraqi Canadians.

, Naïm Kattan, Narcy (rapper), Neo-Aramaic languages, Ontario, Ottawa, Pacific Ocean, Provinces and territories of Canada, Qi Card, Quebec, Saddam Hussein, Shia Islam, Sorani, Southern Kurdish, Sunni Islam, Suret language, Syriac Christianity, Syriac Orthodox Church, Toronto, Turkish language, Vancouver, West Asian Canadians, White-collar worker, Windsor, Ontario, 2011 Canadian census, 2021 Canadian census.

Iraqi Canadians, the Glossary

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See also

Canadian people of Iraqi descent

Iraqi emigrants to Canada

Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada

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