The Iraqi Guide

The Iraqi Guide is an application that solves all the problems faced by travelers and visitors to Iraq and provides comprehensive services for them. For the foreign traveler (tourists in general, both Arab and Western), it offers a safe, clear, and well-planned journey. For Iraqi expatriates who have been away from their homeland for many years and are trying to understand how and when to visit Iraq—or perhaps return and settle again—it provides clear guidance. It also serves Iraqis inside the country who sometimes face difficulties traveling between provinces due to geography or language barriers. Our application will be the solution for all of these groups, as it connects users directly with service providers such as tour guides, translators, hotels, and restaurants. If a visitor or tourist prefers to travel independently, this will be extremely easy, as we provide addresses and locations of official, safe transportation options, as well as addresses and locations for every place they wish to visit, supported by photos and detailed explanations. Our application is a trusted gateway to visiting Iraq. Through the app, we will also help organize and professionalize tourism work in Iraq by officially registering tour guides and translators. In the future, we aim to coordinate with the Iraqi Tourism Authority to train young people and grant them special badges, ensuring that tourists receive smoother and safer services, while guides and translators gain real, officially registered employment through agreements made within the application. In this way, we will help a large segment of citizens obtain clear, stable, and organized job opportunities. Al-Dalil Al-Iraqi also takes into account emergency situations that a visitor or tourist may face, such as health issues, imminent danger, or accidents. For this reason, we provide as much information as possible about hospitals, police stations, and how to contact emergency services under any circumstances. Above all, to ensure that visiting Iraq is clear and understandable for everyone even before they travel, the application has been developed in three main languages: Arabic, English, and Persian. We have also designed multiple interfaces: a user interface and a service-provider interface. The service-provider interface is divided into four categories—hotel owners, restaurant owners, tour guides, and translators—allowing each business owner to register their services smoothly. We review each registration and either approve or reject it after evaluating the service. We have also added a competitive feature to Al-Dalil Al-Iraqi that we will continuously update: the ability for users to design their own trips. Users will have full knowledge of their plan as soon as they think of it and before taking any step, ensuring a well-planned journey rather than a random one. The entire trip will be fully registered within the app under the user’s name, complete with a mapped route. We also provide addresses and locations of transportation garages for tourists who choose to travel independently, as well as information about communication networks and company names. In the future, we will offer special deals within the app and make it easy for tourists to access internet and communication services immediately upon arriving in Iraq. In addition, technical support is available through direct communication with everyone whenever they need assistance. Al-Dalil Al-Iraqi is more than just an application—it is complete support and care for anyone thinking about traveling to Iraq.