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Anwar Al-Ibtisama Company for Contracting and General Trade

Investment licence of the National Investment Commission, for the project: Recreational horse project.

شركة أنوار الابتسامة للمقاولات والتجارة العامة

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Legal status

Not charged as of the date of writing

Not charged as of the date of writing (status as of 5 October 2026). No court ruling, Integrity Commission statement, audit finding, licence withdrawal, sanctions listing or credible press accusation naming this company was found in the sources checked. The search of public sources is not complete.

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The licence as listed

The list of licensed projects of the National Investment Commission.
Licensing body
National Investment Commission
Licence number
52/2015
Date of grant
30 June 2015
Sector
Tourism
Project
Recreational horse project
مشروع الخيول الترفيهي
Licensee
شركة أنوار الابتسامة للمقاولات والتجارة العامة (Iraqi)
Province
Qadisiyah
Location
الديوانية
Stated cost
$11.7 million
State of the project
Completed (100% complete)

Who is behind the licensee

company
People connected with the licensee
NameRoleLegal statusSource
Firas al-Husseini
فراس الحسيني
Described by Mustaqila news agency on 27 Dec 2018 as deputy to the director of the company executing the Al-Amal residential project in Basra (وكيل مدير الشركة المنفذة للمشروع). The article names the company as Anwar Al-Ibtisama.Not charged as of the date of writing
Not charged as of the date of writing (status as of 5 October 2026). Named only as a company representative speaking about the project. No charge, court ruling, sanction or official finding was found in the sources read.
mustaqila.com
Nasser Hamid
ناصر حامد
Described by the same article as the engineer and manager of the Al-Amal residential investment complex in Basra (المهندس مدير مشروع مجمع الأمل السكني الاستثماري في البصرة). The article does not say whether he is employed by the company.Not charged as of the date of writing
Not charged as of the date of writing (status as of 5 October 2026). Named only as the project manager quoted in the article. No charge, court ruling, sanction or official finding was found in the sources read.
mustaqila.com

Links stated in published sources

Each link is attributed to its source. A stated link is not a finding of wrongdoing.
  • Mustaqila reported on 27 December 2018 that the acting head of the Basra Investment Commission, Alaa Abdul-Hussein, and the head of the planning committee of the Basra provincial council, Nashat al-Mansouri, praised the Al-Amal residential project. The article states no personal, financial or political link between these officials and the company.

    مشروع الامل السكني يعد من مشاريع السكن الناجحة في البصرة

    mustaqila.com

What official and press reports say

Official findings
None found. No Integrity Commission statement, audit report, court case, licence withdrawal or sanctions listing naming this company was found in the sources checked.
What became of the project
Licence 52/2015: the horses entertainment project (مشروع الخيول الترفيهي), Diwaniyah, stated cost USD 11,672,200, completion recorded as 1, which the register reads as complete. No source opened describes this project, its site or its present state. Al-Amal residential complex, Basra: Mustaqila reported on 27 December 2018 that the company was building the complex next to the Sports City, with 780 horizontal units, 71 villas and 36 apartment blocks of four floors with 458 flats. It reported 80 per cent completion of the horizontal units and 24 of 36 blocks built. Later reports on the complex were seen only as headlines (residents' complaints in 2026) and were not opened.
Other contracts with the state
The NIC list records three licences under this company name. Licence 52/2015 of 30/6/2015 is the horses entertainment project in Diwaniyah (this record). Licence 223/2018, Al-Amal residential complex (2), Basra, states a cost of USD 91,045,200 and is marked as a recent licence with completion not stated. Licence 317/2019, Al-Amal residential complex (3), Basra, states USD 91,407,020 with the same marking. The list writes some dates in ISO form (for example 8 July 2018 and 10 June 2019), and by licence-number order these may have day and month transposed. No supply or works contract with a ministry or governorate was found in the sources checked.

Sources

  1. مشروع الأمل السكني .. نموذج للعمل الجاد في مشاريع البصرة الاستثمارية, Mustaqila (Independent Press Agency), 27 December 2018 Tier D
    مشروع الأمل السكني الذي تعمل على تنفيذه شركة أنوار الابتسامة بجوار المدينة الرياضية
  2. مشروع الأمل السكني .. نموذج للعمل الجاد في مشاريع البصرة الاستثمارية, Mustaqila (Independent Press Agency), 27 December 2018 Tier D
    فراس الحسيني وكيل مدير الشركة المنفذة للمشروع
  3. مشروع الأمل السكني .. نموذج للعمل الجاد في مشاريع البصرة الاستثمارية, Mustaqila (Independent Press Agency), 27 December 2018 Tier D
    نسبة الانجاز للوحدات السكنية الافقية بلغت 80% اما العمارات السكنية فبلغ عدد العمارات المنجزة 24 عمارة من اصل 36