Iraqi Voices

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


The Iraqi Alliance for Education (IAE) Call for the Protection of Displaced Students and Teaching Staff in North and West Iraq

The Iraqi Alliance for Education (IAE) Call for the Protection of Displaced Students and Teaching Staff in North and West Iraq

The Iraqi Alliance for Education (IAE) appeals to: Iraqi Government, KRG government, United Nation and the international community, Iraqi and...

  • Human Rights
OWFI Statement: On the Occupation of Mosul and the Cities of Western Iraq

OWFI Statement: On the Occupation of Mosul and the Cities of Western Iraq

Statement published on June 23, 2014, by the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq. The Iraqi society is suffering unprecedented...

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Inside Baghdad After Isis Attack: Guns, Rumours and Rising Prices

Inside Baghdad After Isis Attack: Guns, Rumours and Rising Prices

Niqash | Kholoud Ramzi | In Baghdad, embassies are shutting down, the Internet has been turned off, there’s a checkpoint...

  • Freedom of Expression
A Voice From Inside Mosul

A Voice From Inside Mosul

Interview by the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), with an Iraqi human rights defender (“QC”) from Mosul – the...

  • Civil Society News
Iraqi Elections in 2014, A Step Forward, Two Steps Backward!

Iraqi Elections in 2014, A Step Forward, Two Steps Backward!

The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) – Rome May, 2014 From the perspective of Iraqi civil society, there is...

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Iraqi Wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2014 :”Frankenstein in Baghdad”

Iraqi Wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2014 :”Frankenstein in Baghdad”

Beyond good and evil, Ahmed Saadawi’s novel “Frankenstein in Baghdad” has won the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Khaled Hroub...

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Syrians and Iraqis protest the kurdish ‘Berlin wall’

Syrians and Iraqis protest the kurdish ‘Berlin wall’

niqash | Abdul-Khaleq Dosky | Dohuk  To better protect their borders, authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan are digging a large trench...

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Will a New Force Emerge in Iraq?

Will a New Force Emerge in Iraq?

The fact that political entities have not yielded anyone with an alternate vision reflects the nature of post-2003 Iraqi politics...

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The Right to Heal Hearings

The Right to Heal Hearings

On the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqis and U.S. military veterans came together to hold the...

  • Human Rights
The War In Anbar, Humanitarian Disaster And Lies!

The War In Anbar, Humanitarian Disaster And Lies!

Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) 4th of March 2014 It was very hard to imagine that it would turn...

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Campaign to Abolish Retirement Pay for Members of Parliament Scores a Major Victory!

Campaign to Abolish Retirement Pay for Members of Parliament Scores a Major Victory!

The Campaign to Abolish Retirement Pay for Members of Parliament Scores a Major Victory and Takes a Step to Form...

  • Civil Society News
Sunni refugees from Anbar sheltered by shiites in Karbala

Sunni refugees from Anbar sheltered by shiites in Karbala

Niqash | Abbas Sarhan | Karbala The fighting between locals and the Iraqi army in Anbar is driving families from...

  • Civil Society News