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مقالات واخبار ومبادرات عراقية وتاتي في اطار خيار الدولة المدنية الديمقراطية


The U.S.-Iran Crisis: Impact and Implications for the Region, Europe and Beyond

The U.S.-Iran Crisis: Impact and Implications for the Region, Europe and Beyond

The following is a summary and synthesis of an article by and an interview with Kawa Hassan, vice president of...

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A Message to Our Friends, Demonstrators Against War All Over the World

A Message to Our Friends, Demonstrators Against War All Over the World

War leads to war War leads to destruction, displacement, and a lost future for millions of children Years ago, a...

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A National Initiative By Civil Society to Support the Nonviolent October Uprising in Iraq

A National Initiative By Civil Society to Support the Nonviolent October Uprising in Iraq

In order to defend and sustain human rights, public freedoms and the national, economic, social and cultural interests of all Iraqis,...

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With the Flag and a Phone, Young Protesters Surprise Iraq’s Politicians and Political Parties with the Power of their Message

With the Flag and a Phone, Young Protesters Surprise Iraq’s Politicians and Political Parties with the Power of their Message

Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative 8 October 2019 The 1 October uprising, which began in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, is...

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Iraq: Security Forces Fire on Protesters

Iraq: Security Forces Fire on Protesters

Arabic | عربي   Iraq’s security forces fired on and beat protesters in Basra governorate during a series of protests...

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Young Iraqi Filmmakers Break Taboos

Young Iraqi Filmmakers Break Taboos

Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor, 20/07/2017 BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq is witnessing the growth of a new generation of young filmmakers, but they...

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Iraqi Poets Reclaim Streets

Iraqi Poets Reclaim Streets

Omar al-Jaffal – Al Monitor Graffiti artists paint a wall as part of the “The Walls are not for the Clash...

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Murdered Kurdish journalist’s family appeals to international community

Murdered Kurdish journalist’s family appeals to international community

Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is relaying an appeal to the international community by the family of Wedad...

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Activists Call for a Decrease in the Number and Age of Parliaments Members, and for the Prevention of Security Forces from Participating in Elections

Activists Call for a Decrease in the Number and Age of Parliaments Members, and for the Prevention of Security Forces from Participating in Elections

ALMADA PRESS /Baghdad Civil activists are calling for modifying the age at which one can run for parliament or provincial...

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POST-SISTANI IRAQ, IRAN, AND THE FUTURE OF SHIA ISLAM

POST-SISTANI IRAQ, IRAN, AND THE FUTURE OF SHIA ISLAM

Hayder al-Khoei- war on the Rocks During a recent trip to my hometown of Najaf in southern Iraq, I stumbled...

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Popular Protests Escalate in Iraq as Installation of “White Envelope Government” Stalls

Popular Protests Escalate in Iraq as Installation of “White Envelope Government” Stalls

By Ismaeel Dawood and Terry Kay Rockefeller (ICSSI). Dramatic events are unfolding in Baghdad on April 30, 2016: Peacefully and...

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Symbolism of the White Envelope Containing the Technocratic Cabinet of Ministers

Symbolism of the White Envelope Containing the Technocratic Cabinet of Ministers

Faris Kamal Nazmi, April 19, 2016. A primary reading for what happened in the Iraqi parliament. The manner of speaking...

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