Iraq

From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

Former ambassador Chas Freeman, Jr. argues that we have entered a new era in which players are shifting...

29 MAY 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
The Yellow Birds Author Returns With Iraq War/Noir Mystery

The Yellow Birds Author Returns With Iraq War/Noir Mystery

Hamilton Cain reviews a police procedural that connects Norfolk, Virginia with the late Iraq War and the streets...

29 MAY 2023 • By Hamilton Cain
Hanging Gardens and the New Iraqi Cinema Scene

Hanging Gardens and the New Iraqi Cinema Scene

Laura Silvia Battaglia, on the set of Hanging Gardens, explores the burgeoning Iraqi film scene in Baghdad.

27 MARCH 2023 • By Laura Silvia Battaglia
Iraq, 20 Years After the War, From the Viewpoint of Its Creatives

Iraq, 20 Years After the War, From the Viewpoint of Its Creatives

RSVP now Iraq, 20 years after the War, Thursday, 2 March, 18:00 CET (12 noon ET/17:00 UK/19:00 Beirut/21:00...

20 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Tiba al-Ali: A Death Foretold on Social Media

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...

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari

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...

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Inaam Kachachi
Lahib Jaddo—An Iraqi Artist in the Diaspora

Lahib Jaddo—An Iraqi Artist in the Diaspora

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

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Mischa Geracoulis
Zahra Ali, Pioneer of Feminist Studies on Iraq

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."

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Nada Ghosn
 The Watermelon Boys on Iraq, War, Colonization and Familial Love

 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...

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Rachel Campbell
We Read/Discuss Out of Mesopotamia, the novel by Salar Abdoh, and Meet the Author

We Read/Discuss Out of Mesopotamia, the novel by Salar Abdoh, and Meet the Author

THE JANUARY BOOKGROUP SELECTION IS is Out of Mesopotamia, by Salar Abdoh (no bookgroup meeting in December). The discussion...

28 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Biswajit Sengupta
After Nine Years in Detention, an Iraqi is Finally Granted Asylum

After Nine Years in Detention, an Iraqi is Finally Granted Asylum

Rana Asfour reviews the third novel from Dutch Iraqi writer Rodaan Al Galidi.

22 AUGUST 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Leaving One’s Country in Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home”

Leaving One’s Country in Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home”

Rana Asfour reviews Mai Al-Nakib's debut novel, in which the protagonist always thought she would leave her country.

27 JUNE 2022 • By Rana Asfour
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