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Forced off their land: Farmers say church actions may make Sharafya unviable

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Farmers work hard to cultivate their land. Credit: naseem.jpg

Naseem Sadiq interviewed farmers in Sharafya, an area in Nineveh in northern Iraq. The farmers claim they may be forced off their land due to the actions of the Chaldean Catholic Church, which owns the land, in pushing for an increase in profit percentage from them.



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