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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Iraq, the Stolen Youth of a Generation
The death of the young Safaa al Saray about a month ago came in addition to the hundreds of people...
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The Protests in Iraq and Their Consequences
The protests continue in many Arab and Asian countries, but most notably in Iraq and Lebanon. The...
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13 Years after Saddam’s Execution: Trying to Move Forward, While Addressing Our Past
(Rubble from the platform of Saddam Hussein’s statue in Baghdad’s Firdous Square....
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How Will Demographic Divergence Impact Baghdad-Erbil Relations?
(Hospital Midwife holds newborn baby in west Mosul. Photo: UNFPA)The fraught federal relationship...
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