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TMR 28 • IRAQ

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War, we talked to Iraqi artists, writers, playwrights, sociologists and others to present a frank picture of the history of the war and its aftermath.

5 February, 2023 • Dunya Mikhail

Dunya Mikhail Knows Her Poetry Will Not Save You

Dunya Mikhail is a UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture laureate who has also won a UN Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing.

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5 February, 2023 • Malu Halasa

Tiba al-Ali: A Death Foretold on Social Media

Iraqi lawyers and activists in a Baghdad-based NGO have been working to stop honor killings, but were unable to help Tiba al-Ali, reports Malu Halasa.

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5 February, 2023 • Susan Schulman

Dispossessed by Climate—Iraqi Refugees in Their Own Country

Writer-photographer Susan Schulman documents the climate devastation that has sent many Iraqis into internal exile.

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5 February, 2023 • Rana Asfour

Reading Iraq: Our Top 10 List of Iraqi Fiction

A list of must-read Iraqi fiction, from Ahmed Saadawi's "Frankenstein in Baghdad" to Sinan Antoon's "The Book of Collateral Damage."

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5 February, 2023 • Inaam Kachachi

Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari

An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi's novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result of war and political oppression.

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5 February, 2023 • Hassan Blasim

“The Truck to Berlin”—Fiction from Hassan Blasim

This bleak and hyper real short story by Hassan Blasim is reminiscent of Ghassan Kanafani's novella "Men in the Sun."

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5 February, 2023 • Hassan Abdulrazzak, Jasmine Naziha Jones

Iraqi Diaspora Playwrights Hassan Abdulrazzak & Jasmine Naziha Jones: Use Your Anger as Fuel

Sparks fly when two UK-based Iraqi diaspora playwrights discuss how the art of theatre addresses Iraqi pain with both comedy and drama.

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5 February, 2023 • Mischa Geracoulis

Lahib Jaddo—An Iraqi Artist in the Diaspora

Mischa Geracoulis interviews Texas-based multimedia artist Lahib Jaddo on her complex relationship with Iraq.

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5 February, 2023 • Melissa Chemam

Hardi Kurda: Archiving the Sounds of Northern Iraq

Melissa Chemam profiles Iraqi Kurdish musician-composer Hardi Kurda and his projects Space 21 and Archive Khanah: Sounds from Iraq.

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5 February, 2023 • Nada Ghosn

Zahra Ali, Pioneer of Feminist Studies on Iraq

Nada Ghosn talks to sociologist Zahra Ali, author of "Women and Gender in Iraq: Between Nation-Building and Fragmentation."

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5 February, 2023 • Rachel Campbell

 The Watermelon Boys on Iraq, War, Colonization and Familial Love

Rachel Campbell finds that Ruqaya Izzidien's debut novel set in Iraq provides counter-narratives to the country's early 20th-century history.

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