Iraqi Voices

Articles, news, and Iraqi initiatives that fall within the framework of the choice for a democratic civil state.


Is it really a Choice or What?

Is it really a Choice or What?

An action by the Iraqi Democratic Left Movement After the fall of AlBa’ath regime, and the formation of the Occupation...

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Towards Building a Regional Social Forum in the Arab Region

Towards Building a Regional Social Forum in the Arab Region

  Yahya Alhafudh* Because of the urgent need to unify all the efforts and goals, and in order to prevent...

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In the Context of Evaluating the Second Season of the Iraqi Social Forum

In the Context of Evaluating the Second Season of the Iraqi Social Forum

Ali Basim Al-karkhi * Istanbul – February 2016 I worked as a volunteer with the Iraqi Social Forum in both...

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The Iraqi Social Forum between Two Seasons

The Iraqi Social Forum between Two Seasons

Ahmed Al-Baghdadi* Istanbul – February 2016 Despite the extraordinary situation currently gripping Iraq, and the myriad problems facing Iraqi activists,...

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The Iraqi Social Forum, Unique Experience and Sophisticated Goal

The Iraqi Social Forum, Unique Experience and Sophisticated Goal

* Yousif Samer Al-Azzawi Istanbul – February 2016 Though I have not been working with the Iraqi Social Forum for...

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A New Statement Emerges From Iraqi Protestors: We Will Continue Until We Achieve Our Legitimate Demands

A New Statement Emerges From Iraqi Protestors: We Will Continue Until We Achieve Our Legitimate Demands

It has been six weeks since the peaceful demonstrations in Baghdad and the Iraqi provinces began, and there has yet...

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Kurdistan’s Politicized Society Confronts a Sultanistic System

Kurdistan’s Politicized Society Confronts a Sultanistic System

  By Kawa Hassan, Visiting Scholar, Middle-East Center August 18, 2015 Source: Carnegie Middle East Center The Kurdistan region of...

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Halabja group launches ‘Summer of Peace’

Halabja group launches ‘Summer of Peace’

By Osamah Golpy – Rudaw HALABJA, Halabja province – A new peace organization in Halabja is overcoming linguistic differences to...

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Is Maliki making a comeback?

Is Maliki making a comeback?

Ali Mamouri Al-Monitor While serving his second term as prime minister in February 2011, former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told...

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THE OTHER BAGHDAD

THE OTHER BAGHDAD

By Francesca Borri, Freelance Journalist (June 2015). We usually simplify Iraq, and its 35 million population, by splitting it into...

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The Situation of Iraqi Women Facing Both State Repression and the Brutality of Daaesh

The Situation of Iraqi Women Facing Both State Repression and the Brutality of Daaesh

Yanar Mohammed President of the Organization of Women’s Freedom  Paper Prepared for ICSSI Conference Oslo – Norway, October 2014 Currently,...

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Civil Society, Civil Forces and the Crisis of Democracy in Iraq

Civil Society, Civil Forces and the Crisis of Democracy in Iraq

Ismael Dawood The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Paper prepared for ICSSI conference in Oslo – Norway – 2014  ...

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