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Tag: Iraq

16 January, 2021 • TMR

Watch Water Films & Donate to Water Organizations

Is the cost of water really higher than the cost of petrol? Are we destined to run out of water if we don't find a way forward? 4 films, 6 charitable organizations you should know.

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14 January, 2021 • Osama Esber

Iraq and the Arab World on the Edge of the Abyss

Osama Esber interviews an Iraqi environmental writer on his book Guardians of the Water and the future of water in the region.

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14 January, 2021 • I. Rida Mahmood

On American Democracy and Empire, a Corrective

The MAGA movement is not a cause but a consequence of GOP policies, and its instantaneous vanishing with Trump's political demise is unlikely.

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14 December, 2020 • Hassan Blasim

Hassan Blasim’s “God 99”

God 99 blurs the boundaries between fiction and autobiography, reportage and the novel. It blends the fantastic with the everyday to explore themes of exile, humanity, art and philosophy.

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6 December, 2020 • Nada Ghosn

Kuwait’s Alanoud Alsharekh, Feminist Groundbreaker

Nada Ghosn speaks to Dr. Alanoud Alsharekh in our monthly series profiling trailblazing Arab, Iranian and other women of the Middle East and North Africa.

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28 September, 2020 • Malu Halasa

World Art, Music & Zoom Beat the Pandemic Blues

Mala Halasa curates art, music, parks and politix from London…

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22 September, 2020 • TMR

Interlink Proposes 4 New Arab Novels

New literature translated from abroad is a cause for celebration.

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6 September, 2018 • TMR

Life in the Danger Zone

Interview with Middle East reporter Borzou Daragahi.

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10 March, 2014 • Jordan Elgrably

America’s Great Game: The C.I.A. & U.S. Middle East Foreign Policy

If you want to understand the CIA, it will certainly help to read the works of Hugh Wilford, Robert Baer and Robert Scheer, but you will not find all the answers to the U.S.-Middle East conundrum.

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