Using Nonviolence Techniques To Reduce Extremism
The Iraqi nonviolence group on the Masar (path) of nonviolence and peace building, within the space of the Iraqi Social...
Thematic Issues
Iraq: Water Crisis in Basra Decades of Mismanagement, Pollution, Corruption Print
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH (Baghdad) – Iraqi authorities have failed to ensure for almost 30 years that Basra residents have sufficient safe drinking...
Using Art to Build Peace and Stand Up to Violence
From 28-29 June, the Arts of Peace Team from the Iraqi Social Forum’s nonviolence masar (path) organized a workshop entitled...
Can Iraq get its water wheels on UNESCO World Heritage List?
ِAL-MONITOR BY: Adnan Abu Zeed Iraq has been working for the last three months to rehabilitate its historical norias in Hit, a city located...
Artists persevere in Iraq despite death threats
ِAL-MONITOR BY :Adnan Abu Zeed A recent open-air fashion show in Basra raised the ire of some clerics and Islamist groups. Afterward,...
Big Jump for Hasankeyf and Tigris River in 15 Countries
Statement by Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf and Mesopotamia Ecology Movement, 14 July 2019 Successful “Big Jump” actions for Hasankeyf and...
Harassment is a Key Issue for the Baghdad Council For Social Cohesion
On 23 June 2019 at the Baghdad Hotel Hall, the Baghdad Council for Social Cohesion held a dialogue session on...
Falluja Social Cohesion Council implements A Successful Session on Workers’ Challenges
The Falluja Social Cohesion Council held a workshop with the Economic and Social Rights masar (path) within the Iraqi Social...
A Message on Ilisu Dam From Iraqi Civil Society to the Turkish Government
Humat Dijlah Association (Tigris River Protectors) – the Iraqi partner for Save the Tigris Campaign – and a wide range...
Creating New Water Protectors and Activating Environmental Advocacy Movements
The Peace Forums in Anbar (Hit, Ramadi and Falluja), working within the framework of the Iraqi Social Forum and in...
The World Heritage Committee Should Step Up to Protect the Iraqi Marshes From Harm – A Report On the 2019 WHC Session in Baku
With the filling of the Ilisu Dam reservoir imminent, the annual session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) in...
Rivers Are the World’s Heritage. Time to Treat Them as Such.
Commentary by Josh Klemm on 1 July 2019, This July represents a critical opportunity to protect rivers and the World...