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The study of illustration, painting, sculpture and similar fields is at risk in Iraq, reflecting the nation’s wavering commitment to the arts in general.

As the cradle of the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian civilizations, the country has an ancient tradition of art. That continued during the Islamic Medieval Ages, then dipped after the Mongol invasion, in 1258. But in the modern era, many globally known sculptors and many world-renowned architectural designers emerged from Iraq.

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