Nonviolence

News and informations about active nonviolence actions led and organised by Iraqi civil society and popular protests in Iraq


Meet the Iraqi Activists Who Are Standing Up for the Environment

Meet the Iraqi Activists Who Are Standing Up for the Environment

Water Fannack Author: Sara Manisera Reviewer : Juliane Schillinger The year 2018 was marked by a severe drought in Iraq, a formerly water-rich...

  • Environment
Using Nonviolence Techniques To Reduce Extremism

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...

  • Nonviolence
Using Art to Build Peace and Stand Up to Violence

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...

  • Arts of Peace
Artists persevere in Iraq despite death threats

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,...

  • Arts of Peace
With a Paper and Pen, Dreams Can Come True

With a Paper and Pen, Dreams Can Come True

For the first time since its establishment, the theater group from the Arts of Peace team put on a comic...

  • Arts of Peace
Nonviolence Activists Organize a National Nonviolence Movement

Nonviolence Activists Organize a National Nonviolence Movement

The Nonviolence and Peace Building Masar (path) held a consultative meeting for activists in order to re-establish a national system for promoting...

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A Different Kind of Day for Families in Al- Habbaniyah Camp

A Different Kind of Day for Families in Al- Habbaniyah Camp

Arabic | عربي Removed from the bustling activity of the city and severed from the vitality of urban life, 1,400...

  • Arts of Peace
The Arts of Peace Team Launches a New Campaign: “Your Bullets of Joy End Our Joy”

The Arts of Peace Team Launches a New Campaign: “Your Bullets of Joy End Our Joy”

عربي | Arabic  On 24 November 2018, at the Baghdad Academy of Humanities, as part of the Iraqi Social Forum’s...

  • Arts of Peace
National Plan for the Prevention of Extremism…Multiple Approaches

National Plan for the Prevention of Extremism…Multiple Approaches

عربي | Arabic During the fifth season of the Iraqi Social Forum, a workshop was held entitled, “The National Plan...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
Religious and Social Tensions are Eased When A Brave Musician Follows His Dream

Religious and Social Tensions are Eased When A Brave Musician Follows His Dream

“Music is the only language that all humans can understand for it refines the mind and the soul; it’s the...

  • Arts of Peace
Iraqi Human Rights Activist Shot Dead in Basra

Iraqi Human Rights Activist Shot Dead in Basra

BBC News A female human rights activist has been shot dead in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, which has...

  • Human Rights
Water Uprising in Basra: 15 Protestors Lose Their Lives and Political Alliances Are Redrawn

Water Uprising in Basra: 15 Protestors Lose Their Lives and Political Alliances Are Redrawn

Arabic | عربي Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative 11 September, 2018 “Try to drink tap water from anywhere here if...

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