Building Solidarity Among Teachers and Students in the Time of COVID-19
No nation will enjoy security, democracy, and human rights if it fails in educating its next generation to assume informed...
Thematic Issues
Economic and Political Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Beyond the unprecedented challenges to their healthcare systems, nations also face extraordinary economic and political impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic....
Girls and Women Caught Between Domestic Violence and Quarantine
Our fears have become reality: domestic violence is steadily increasing after the implementation of social distancing rules and the quarantine....
Balancing Washington and Tehran will be the Biggest Test for the Upcoming Kazemi Government
The New Arab Baghdad – Bara Al-Shammari 11 April 2020 The newly designated Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, did not...
Containment and Prevention of COVID-19: Building Global Solidarity
In response to the extraordinary circumstances humanity is confronting, the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), in collaboration with the...
The Bright Side of the Coronavirus Pandemic
The health, economic and societal problems that are gripping the world due to the global coronavirus pandemic are undeniable, yet...
Iraqis React to the Possibility of Al-Kazimi as an Alternative to Al-Zarfi as the New Prime Minister
The New Arab Baghdad – Aktham Saif Alden 6 April 2020 There is a new, yet unstable consensus among a...
Corona virus curfew fails to clear Iraqi protest squares
ALMONITOR Shelly Kittleson Anti-government protests that began in October and raged through Iraq for months were officially suspended in late...
Iraq: Arbitrary detention of human rights defender Hemin Mamand
Front line defenders On 24 March 2020, human rights defender Hemin Mamand was arrested by the police of the Kurdistan...
Mesopotamian Water Forum Virtual Assembly: “Discussing Water in Times of Corona” – Join Us!
One year ago in April 2019, the 1st Mesopotamian Water Forum was held in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region of...
Adnan Al-Zarfi, Another Controversial Prime Minister Now Faces Widespread Criticism
On Tuesday 17 March, President Barham Salih officially chose Mr. Adnan Al-Zarfi to form the new government, 15 days after...
The Remarkable Contributions of Girls and Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Statement by “She is a Revolution” – Baghdad and Basra, 22 March 2020 At this critical juncture in Iraq’s history,...