{"id":1328,"date":"2014-03-05T10:05:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T10:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/da\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:38:44","slug":"fakta-om-irak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/nl\/fakta-om-irak","title":{"rendered":"Feiten over Irak"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Zandstormen:<\/strong>\u00a0Zand- en stofstormen teisteren Irak gedurende 20-50 dagen per jaar. Ze komen het vaakst voor in de zomer. De stormen kunnen tot enkele duizenden meters hoog zijn.<\/p>\n

2. De Bijbel:<\/strong>\u00a0Volgens de Bijbel kwam Abraham uit Ur in het zuiden van Irak. Iza\u00e4ks vrouw, Rebekka, kwam uit Nahor, dat ook in Irak ligt (op de grens met Iran). Volgens de legende ligt de Hof van Eden ook in Irak.<\/p>\n

3. Bewondering en lof:<\/strong>\u00a0Als je een voorwerp in het huis van een Irakees bewondert (zoals een vaas), zal de Irakees meestal aandringen om het aan je te geven. Daarom is het gebruikelijk om andermans eigendommen niet te veel te prijzen.<\/p>\n

4. Tigris en Eufraat:<\/strong>\u00a0Het vruchtbare gebied tussen de beroemde rivieren de Tigris en de Eufraat bood rond 700 v.Chr. stabiliteit aan de vroege bevolking in het gebied waar nu Irak ligt. De regio heeft in de loop der tijd vele namen gehad, waaronder het Arabische 'Al-Jazira' (het eiland) en het Griekse 'Mesopotami\u00eb' (het land tussen twee rivieren).<\/p>\n

5. Vrouwen:<\/strong>\u00a0Vrouwen in Irak genieten van oudsher meer vrijheid dan vrouwen in andere omringende landen. Sinds de Golfoorlog (1990-1991) is de situatie voor vrouwen echter verslechterd door de toenemende invloed van verschillende religieuze groeperingen in de samenleving.<\/p>\n

\"Feit:
Naamsvermelding: Al Jazeera English - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Feit: Het nationale gerecht van Irak, 'Masgouf', is gegrilde karper. Traditioneel wordt het gekookt op houten stokjes boven een vuur, maar de laatste tijd worden ook ijzeren roosters gebruikt in ovens.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

6. Sadam Hoessein:<\/strong>\u00a0Sadam Hoessein was dictator van Irak van 16 juli 1979 tot 9 april 2003, toen hij kort na het uitbreken van de Irakoorlog (20 maart 2003 - 15 december 2011) werd afgezet. Sadam Hoessein werd ge\u00ebxecuteerd door ophanging op 30 december 2006 en begraven in zijn geboorteplaats Al-Awja in de buurt van Tikrit, ongeveer 2 km van zijn zonen Uday en Qusay Hoessein.<\/p>\n

7. Oorlogen:<\/strong>\u00a0Irak is door de jaren heen betrokken geweest bij een aantal oorlogen - onder andere tegen Isra\u00ebl, Irak en de VS. Daarnaast zijn er verschillende interne strubbelingen geweest tussen Arabieren en Koerden in Irak, wat heeft geleid tot de bevestiging van de Koerdische regio in artikel 113 van de Iraakse grondwet (waardoor de Koerden een grotere mate van autonomie kregen).<\/p>\n

8. Nationaal gerecht:<\/strong>\u00a0Het nationale gerecht van Irak is 'masgouf' (of masg\u00fbf), dat is karper die aan de binnenkant is gekruid met marinade (olijfolie, zout, bergzout, tamarinde en kurkuma) en gegrild op houten stokjes of een ijzeren rooster. De totale bereidingstijd is 1-3 uur, afhankelijk van de grootte van de karper (al het vet moet worden verwijderd voor het opdienen). Wanneer de vis<\/a> krokant is aan de buitenkant, leg je het op een grote schaal met citroenen, uienringen en augurken. Het wordt dan bedekt met een plat brood om het warm te houden tot het serveren. Masg\u00fbf gaat terug tot de oudheid (ca. 500 v.Chr.)<\/p>\n

9. Vluchtelingen:<\/strong>\u00a0Volgens het UNHCR-rapport van 2010 waren Irakezen met 1,8 miljoen vluchtelingen de op \u00e9\u00e9n na grootste vluchtelingengroep ter wereld, na Afghanen met 2,9 miljoen vluchtelingen.<\/p>\n

10. Bergen:<\/strong>\u00a0Bergen bedekken 20% van het land in Irak. De twee belangrijkste bergketens zijn de Taurus (op de grens met Turkije) en de Zagros (op de grens met Iran). De bergen zijn de enige gebieden van Irak waar nog bossen voorkomen.<\/p>\n

\"Feit:
Naamsvermelding: Karl Musser + Bj\u00f8rn Christian T\u00f8rrissen - Wikipedia.org | Arian Zwegers - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Het land tussen de twee beroemde rivieren, de Tigris (boven) en de Eufraat (onder), is zeer vruchtbaar. Het gebied wordt tegenwoordig de 'wieg van de mensheid' genoemd, wat betekent dat het een van de plaatsen is van waaruit een of meer beschavingen zijn ontstaan.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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