Does Iraq Have a Strategy for Acquiring COVID-19 Vaccines?
(Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP) Iraq’s first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Baghdad on March 2...
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Even Pencils Were Banned: The Effects of Sanctions on the Iraqi Education System
(Photo: Ahmed Saad/Reuters) Iraq’s education system was once hailed as the golden standard for...
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2021: Iraq’s Challenges Ahead
(Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP) While the world is approaching 2021 with an optimistic outlook, it is...
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Assessing the Memory and Meaning of Thawrat Tishreen
(Photo: Mustafa Nader) Thawra (revolution), is a word full of weight; its meanings transcend...
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Iraq’s Leadership Crisis Remains Unresolved One Year After Protests Erupted
(Photo: Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters) As the first anniversary of the 2019 October Protests approaches,...
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The Hawza in Protest: What 1920 Teaches Us About 2020
(Photo: Abdullah Dhiaa Al-Deen/Reuters) The recent Iraqi protest movement has brought to the...
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Modernisation in Iraq: Between Theory and Practice
Over the past century, most of the by-products of modernity that arrived in Iraq ranged from the...
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Iraqi Political and Religious Thought is in Need of Reform
(Shahbandar Cafe/Photo: AFP) Following the Second World War, the Middle East has been cursed for...
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Sociopolitical Impact of COVID-19 in Iraq
The COVID-19 pandemic has put the Iraqi state in a challenging situation. While official figures...
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2020: Iraq’s Perfect Storm
Iraq has been facing a series of crises for the last several months. Due to the leadership vacuum...
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