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style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Mesopotamian_Arabic" title="Mesopotamian Arabic">Mesopotamian Arabic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_English" title="Canadian English">Canadian English</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Canadian_French" title="Canadian French">Canadian French</a> <br /> also <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_language" title="Kurdish language">Kurdish</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sorani" title="Sorani">Sorani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Feyli_(Kurdish_dialect)" class="mw-redirect" title="Feyli (Kurdish dialect)">Feyli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurmanji" title="Kurmanji">Kurmanji</a> dialects), <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Turkmens#Language" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Turkmens">Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman dialects</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Neo-Aramaic" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-Aramaic">Neo-Aramaic</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sureth_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sureth language">Assyrian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mandaic_language" title="Mandaic language">Mandaic</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Majority <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni</a>), <br /> minority <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (<a href="/wiki/Syriac_Christianity" title="Syriac Christianity">Syriac Christianity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Catholic</a>), <a href="/wiki/Mandaeism" title="Mandaeism">Mandaeism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Related ethnic groups</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arab_Canadians" title="Arab Canadians">Arab Canadians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraqis" title="Iraqis">Iraqis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_diaspora" title="Iraqi diaspora">Iraqi diaspora</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Iraqi Canadians</b> are <a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadians</a> of full or partial <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraqi</a> descent, as well as people from the state of Iraq who are ethno-linguistic and religious minorities. According to the <a href="/wiki/Canada_2011_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2011 Census">2011 Census</a> there were 49,680 Canadians of Iraqi ancestry, an increase compared to the 2006 Census.<sup id="cite_ref-Statistics_Canada_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistics_Canada-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraqi_Canadians&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Emigration from Iraq to Canada has increased dramatically due to political and economic situations in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Iraq-Iran_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraq-Iran War">Iraq-Iran War</a> resulted in many immigrants. With the destroyed Iraqi economy and the oppression of the 13-year <a href="/wiki/Economic_sanctions" title="Economic sanctions">economic sanctions</a> against Iraq that followed the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> of 1990–91, there was all the more reason to emigrate. From 1945 until 1975, fewer than 200 Iraqis arrived in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-Multicultural_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Multicultural-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emigration substantially increased in 1979, the year <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a> became president of Iraq. Between 1975 and 1992, 6,472 Iraqis arrived in Canada,<sup id="cite_ref-Multicultural_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Multicultural-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> establishing about 3.5 percent of all Arab immigrants in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-Multicultural_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Multicultural-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 65 percent of Iraqis settled in the province of <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, particularly in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, and in the province of <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, particularly in <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a> on shores of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>. Many Iraqis also live in the province of <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, particularly in the Canadian capital city of <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario" title="Windsor, Ontario">Windsor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, the most populated city in Canada. </p><p>The 1991 <a href="/wiki/Canadian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian census">Canadian census</a> recorded 4,790 Iraqis; 3,525 of wholly Iraqi ancestry, and 1,265 of partial Iraqi ancestry.<sup id="cite_ref-Multicultural_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Multicultural-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iraqi immigrants through the period of 1981-1992 settled principally in a few cities in Canada: British Columbia (362), Alberta (268), Quebec (203), Ontario (176), and Manitoba (152).<sup id="cite_ref-Multicultural_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Multicultural-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraqi_Canadians&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraqi_Canadians&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Iraqi Canadian demography by religion </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Religious group </th> <th colspan="2">2021<sup id="cite_ref-religion2021_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Religion2021_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Religion2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> </td> <td>27,445 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001462816188870151♠" style="display:none"></span>46.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> </td> <td>24,270 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001409274873524451♠" style="display:none"></span>40.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">Irreligion</a> </td> <td>4,625 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000779932546374367♠" style="display:none"></span>7.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> </td> <td>2,085 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000351602023608768♠" style="display:none"></span>3.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> </td> <td>40 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998674536256323777♠" style="display:none"></span>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998168634064080944♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_religious_groups" title="Major religious groups">Other</a> </td> <td>820 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000138279932546374♠" style="display:none"></span>1.38% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total Iraqi Canadian population </th> <th>59,300 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographical_distribution">Geographical distribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraqi_Canadians&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geographical distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">Provinces and territories</a> </th> <th>(2011) <sup id="cite_ref-canada2011_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canada2011-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Ontario.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ontario.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Ontario.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ontario.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Ontario.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ontario.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1200" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a></td> <td>35,220 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg/46px-Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a></td> <td>3,145 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Alberta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Alberta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Alberta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Alberta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Alberta.svg/46px-Flag_of_Alberta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a></td> <td>4,465 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Manitoba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Manitoba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Manitoba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Manitoba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Manitoba.svg/46px-Flag_of_Manitoba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Manitoba" title="Manitoba">Manitoba</a></td> <td>615 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_Saskatchewan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saskatchewan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_Saskatchewan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saskatchewan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_Saskatchewan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Saskatchewan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="992" data-file-height="496" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a></td> <td>810 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Quebec.svg/23px-Flag_of_Quebec.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Quebec.svg/35px-Flag_of_Quebec.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Quebec.svg/45px-Flag_of_Quebec.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a></td> <td>411 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Employment">Employment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraqi_Canadians&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Employment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main causes for the immigration of Iraqis were due to the Gulf War and the situation in Iraq which drove them out of their homeland. </p><p>In Canada, Iraqi immigrants seem to face three unexplainable problems, the first being unable to find jobs where they can apply their professional expertise. The second is discrimination, with a possibility that some employers associate them with the regime that they fled. The third is their lack of Canadian experience. Despite a high level of education and professional experience, 54 percent of 892 immigrants were unemployed. Of the 407 with jobs, 40 percent had professional positions; 24 percent, lower <a href="/wiki/White-collar_worker" title="White-collar worker">white-collar</a>; 30 percent, <a href="/wiki/Blue-collar" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue-collar">blue-collar</a>; 3 percent, service; and 3 percent, not stated.<sup id="cite_ref-Multicultural_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Multicultural-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Community_life">Community life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraqi_Canadians&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Community life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iraq,_Ottawa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Iraq%2C_Ottawa.jpg/300px-Iraq%2C_Ottawa.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Iraq%2C_Ottawa.jpg/450px-Iraq%2C_Ottawa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Iraq%2C_Ottawa.jpg/600px-Iraq%2C_Ottawa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="987" data-file-height="726" /></a><figcaption>Iraqi Embassy in Ottawa</figcaption></figure> <p>The patterns of formal association among Iraqis are new and voluntary, as revealed most notably in the Iraqi Community Center<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> based in Cote Des Neiges, Montreal. The center helps Iraqis adapt to Canada and develop ties with general society, and disseminates information about the ethnocultural heritage of Iraqi Canadians. Gender equity is the norm; the president of the Iraqi Canadian Society is a woman.<sup id="cite_ref-Multicultural_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Multicultural-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraqi_Canadians&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite differences in dialect, many Iraqi Canadians see themselves as Arabs, Mandaeans, Assyrians or Chaldeans. Almost all Iraqi Arab immigrants wish to maintain the Arabic language in both oral and written forms. Because young children and Canadian-born ones cannot easily learn reading and writing skills, more emphasis is put on teaching oral skills. Many Canadian-born can understand spoken Arabic without being able to speak it. </p><p>Gender equity, which has expanded in Iraq itself, is encouraged in Canada. Marriage for both males and females remains principally endogamous. </p><p>There are a sizable number of Iraqi Christians in Canada. Christian denominations include <a href="/wiki/Assyrian_Church_of_the_East" title="Assyrian Church of the East">Assyrian Church of the East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Church" title="Chaldean Catholic Church">Chaldean Catholic Church</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church" title="Syriac Orthodox Church">Syriac Orthodox Church</a>. The remaining 40 percent are Muslims, the majority being <a href="/wiki/Shiite" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiite">Shiite</a>. There are also small numbers of <a href="/wiki/Mandaeism" title="Mandaeism">Mandaeans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jews_in_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Jews in Iraq">Jews</a>, numbering in the hundreds or thousands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_Iraqi_Canadians">Notable Iraqi Canadians</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraqi_Canadians&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notable Iraqi Canadians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aliyah_(wrestler)" title="Aliyah (wrestler)">Nhoopeh al-Areebi</a>, professional wrestler (half Iraqi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fajer_Al-Kaisi" title="Fajer Al-Kaisi">Fajer Al-Kaisi</a>, Iraqi-born Canadian actor and comedian from Montreal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Balass" title="Joe Balass">Joe Balass</a>, filmmaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farouk_Kaspaules" title="Farouk Kaspaules">Farouk Kaspaules</a>, Iraqi-born Canadian artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Na%C3%AFm_Kattan" title="Naïm Kattan">Naïm Kattan</a>, author, novelist and critic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anisa_Mehdi" title="Anisa Mehdi">Anisa Mehdi</a>, Emmy Award-winning film director, journalist and director of <i><a href="/wiki/Inside_Mecca" title="Inside Mecca">Inside Mecca</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duraid_Munajim" title="Duraid Munajim">Duraid Munajim</a>, filmmaker and freelance cinematographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leilah_Nadir" title="Leilah Nadir">Leilah Nadir</a>, writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narcy_(rapper)" title="Narcy (rapper)">Narcy</a>, rapper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farah_Nosh" title="Farah Nosh">Farah Nosh</a>, photojournalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muayyed_Nureddin" title="Muayyed Nureddin">Muayyed Nureddin</a>, geologist<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awatef_Rasheed" title="Awatef Rasheed">Awatef Rasheed</a>, women's rights activist, Femmy Award winner in Canada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anita_Sarkeesian" title="Anita Sarkeesian">Anita Sarkeesian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Feminist" class="mw-redirect" title="Feminist">feminist</a> <a href="/wiki/Media_critic" class="mw-redirect" title="Media critic">media critic</a> and public speaker. Her parents are <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenians in Iraq">Armenians from Iraq</a> who emigrated to Canada in the 1970s</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isho_Shiba" title="Isho Shiba">Isho Shiba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assyrians_in_Iraq" title="Assyrians in Iraq">Iraqi-Assyrian</a> born in Iraq, and a five-time Canadian national boxing champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isa_Hasan_al-Yasiri" title="Isa Hasan al-Yasiri">Isa Hasan al-Yasiri</a>, poet</li> <li>Bahaa Abdul Hadi, founder of <a href="/wiki/Qi_Card" title="Qi Card">Qi Card</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraqi_Canadians&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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