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Alamara Council for Social Cohesion and the ISF’s Environment And Water Masar Balance Tourism and the Environment

Alamara Council for Social Cohesion and the ISF’s Environment And Water Masar Balance Tourism and the Environment

On 27 July 2019, the Alamara Council for Social Cohesion held a joint session with the Environment and Water masar(Path)...

  • Environment
Stop the Filling of the Ilisu Dam!

Stop the Filling of the Ilisu Dam!

Stop the filling of the Ilisu Dam! Statement by Save the Tigris Campaign, 29 July 2019 Despite strong domestic and...

  • 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
A Statement from Civil Society Organizations on the New Amendment to the Provincial Elections Law

A Statement from Civil Society Organizations on the New Amendment to the Provincial Elections Law

A group of civil society organizations issued a statement on the recent amendment to the Provincial Elections Law, adopted by...

  • Civil Society News
Iraq: Water Crisis in Basra Decades of Mismanagement, Pollution, Corruption Print

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...

  • Environment
Iraq Seeks To Issue Identification Papers For Children Born Under Daesh Rule

Iraq Seeks To Issue Identification Papers For Children Born Under Daesh Rule

Al-MONITOR By: Mustafa Saadoun July 9, 2019 More than two years have passed since Iraq was liberated from the Islamic State...

  • Civil Society News
The National Union of Journalists Calls for an End to Impunity and Arbitrary Dismissals

The National Union of Journalists Calls for an End to Impunity and Arbitrary Dismissals

Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative – ICSSI 11 July 2019 The National Union of Journalists, an independent Iraqi trade union...

  • Civil Society News
Will It Be Another Summer of Discontent in Iraq?

Will It Be Another Summer of Discontent in Iraq?

WPR By: Renad Mansour Thursday, July 18, 2019 Over the past few summers, as scorching heat meets a growing dissatisfaction with...

  • Civil Society News
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
Najaf Forum Campaign To Confront The Rhetoric Of Extremism

Najaf Forum Campaign To Confront The Rhetoric Of Extremism

In cooperation with the Najaf Social Forum and the campaign launched by the Forum “Countering the Speeches of Extremism” at...

  • Social Forums in Iraq
Can Iraq get its water wheels on UNESCO World Heritage List?

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...

  • Heritage
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