The False Promise of Humanitarianism in Iraq
The rise of ISIS and the territorial gains they made in Iraq provide insights into the limitations...
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A Twenty Year Retrospective on the Iraqi Women’s Movement
The period of political reorganizing that follows a conflict provides a window for change, both...
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The Struggle of Young Iraqi Women for Political Participation
I spent a portion of my professional journey as a political activist following the developments of...
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An Account from East to West: Storytelling and the Politics of Identity
(Photo: Tala Onnab) As a daughter of the diaspora, my feet have touched the land of many soils and...
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Iraq after 2003: The Voices of Iraqi Women
(Photo: Firdos Square twenty years later) On this day, twenty years ago, Saddam Hussein’s...
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Decolonising the Field, Reterritorialising the Social Sciences in Iraq
(Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP) The highest cause of death not from disease in Iraq is by road...
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To Think is to Dream: An Iraqi Perspective
(Photo: Moyasser Nasser/UNDP Iraq) The educational system of a nation is part of its...
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Critical Thinking in Iraqi Education
(Photo: Murtadha Al-Sudani/ Anadolu Agency) “Why can’t you just tell us the answer like all the...
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Iraqi Voters Send Political Elite Strong Message
(Photo: Ivor Prickett/NYT) On October 10, over nine million Iraqis voted in the hope of electing a...
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The Dangerous Trope of a Helpless Iraq and How to Reverse It
(House of Saddam miniseries. Photo: BBC) Not long ago I wrote a graduate paper for a course taught...
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