Years of Civil Society Protest Bring Change to Iraq
By the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative – May 18, 2019. Forming a government, following the recent parliamentary elections in...
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Mosul, an Archeological Treasure, Comes Back to Life in a Festival of Dance and Remembrance
Translated by the Secretariat of Iraqi Civil Society Initiative Sputnik Just outside the southern Iraqi city of Mosul, women of...
Activists Bring to Life the Spirit of al-Mutanabbi Street in their Own Cities: Mutanabbi Starts Here
Youth from cities all over Iraq came together in solidarity to commemorate what was lost in the terrible...
Post-ISIS Iraq: Challenges and Opportunities for a New Political Order
By Kawa Hassan – Eastwest On January 18, the EastWest Institute and the Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient...
The Tremendous Toll behind the Liberation of Mosul
By: Terry Kay Rockefeller* Civilian casualties are making headlines as we try to comprehend the true cost of liberating Mosul...
The Syrian City of Qamishlo Celebrates Peaceful Coexistence
Syria – Qamishlo There is virtually no disagreement about the need to ensure certain fundamental rights to all people, such...
Open Letter by CPT on the current protests in the Kurdistan Region
To whom it may concern, Your urgent attention is needed in regards to widespread human rights violations currently taking place...
Success Stories in Nonviolence from Iraqi Youth
A youth panel on non-violence, organized by the Iraqi Social Forum and the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Baghdad –...
International Peace Day Celebrated Across Iraq
Each year on the International Day of Peace, 21 September, the UN invites people across the world to take part...
Iraq’s Kurds Need to Put Democracy Before Independence
The Washington Post, The Post’s View – Opinion Editorial Board, 6 October 2017 The leaders of Iraq’s Kurdistan region are...
“Baghdad, the City of Peace” … Young Iraqis Defy Violence
Alhurra On 16 August 2017, at a park on the Tigris River, hundreds of Iraqis gathered to celebrate the seventh...
A Mosaic: The Experience of Building Peace, Day by Day
The Aley district is one of the beautiful “green lungs” of Lebanon, a charming hilly area located 15 kilometers south...