The ongoing violence across the Middle East and the threat posed by the religious ideology represented by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) should come as no surprise. The precursors to this aggressive unrest were weak, corrupt Arab governments …
by Miaad A. Hassan –Iraq– Over the past five years I have made several trips to Iraq, the country where I was born and the country I left in 2005. Although each trip carries its own memory of places, people, …
by Miaad A. Hassan –Iraq/USA– السياسة عاهرة, a good colleague of mine says, asking me not to waste my time in politics and to return to art and poetry, the disciplines for which he knew me before. His words are …
Socio-Political Realities in Iraq and the Middle East Read more »
by Miaad A. Hassan – USA – For a long time she resisted, but four years ago Amal started to wear the hijab – her bright and shining youth draped in black. She is a 25-year-old Iraqi woman, and she …
Paint It Black: Women in Iraq Pay for Liberation Read more »