Reviewing Iraq’s Challenges in 2023
2023 marked Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani’s first year in office. While facing the same...
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Ushering in a New Era of the Talabani Dynasty
(Photo: KurdSat English) The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) held its fifth congress last...
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What Does Grand Ayatollah Sistani Owe Iraq?
(Photo: Khalid Mohammed/AP) I recently delved into David Patel’s book, Order out of Chaos: Islam,...
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The High Cost of Short-Term Solutions: The Inadequate Response to Yazidis’ Displacement
(Photo: Andrea DiCenzo/NPR) Fires have become tragically common in displacement camps housing...
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Elections in Iraqi Kurdistan Delayed Again
(Photo: ANF News) Since Iraqi Kurdistan gained autonomy from the tyrant Saddam Hussein in 1991,...
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We are not ‘Iraq’s Minorities’: Assyrians 20 Years Post-Invasion
Much has been written about Iraq since the 2003 invasion, occupation, and ensuing turbulent...
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The Art of Archiving Crises: Displacement in Iraq
(Sketch by Mariam Hassoun: The illustration is meant to express how aid to IDPs was so fickle:...
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Iraq’s Development Road Project: A New Suez Canal or Political Mirage?
Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani has unveiled the “Development Road” project, estimated to...
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The Ongoing Politicization of the Iraqi Artist
(Photo: Joumana Altallal) Mortada Gzar, an Iraqi writer and artist living in Seattle is...
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The Enduring Challenges of Women’s Economic Participation in Iraq
The U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the supposedly democratic system it brought forth, did not...
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