Sixteen years have passed since Angela Merkel took over as president of the German country. Merkel hasn’t quit the German machine until the country is now uncontestedly one of the best nations in the world. During Merkel’s era, Germany became an icon dreamed of by the wretched in the far Middle East, to have a …
It is unfortunate and yet well-known to all those women in the Arab world face additional problems, besides the common global women’s issues. More recently, and particularly in areas of civil unrest such as Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, and other regions, women have been suffering more than before, within an environment marked by ongoing civil …
As a result of the US-led liberation of Iraq in 2003, Iraqi society was forced to confront its past and inconsistencies, and a competition began between Iraq’s political and social components over who would play a key role in this new state and who would manage its resources Shi’a and Kurds fought for control of …
Back to Square One: The Case of Women Rights in Contemporary Iraq Read More »
It is known for many around the world the issues women are facing in the Middle East, and particularly Iraq. From personal experience, living in Iraq, with a rebellion mentality to challenge orthodoxies, life becomes impossible of feminists and women rights’ activists to stand for their values without being persecuted. More recently, the aftermath of …
Escalating Violence Against Contemporary Feminist Wave in Iraq Read More »
The year 2020 was difficult, globally, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and its associated human and economic losses. But the conditions in Iraq are always different, more precisely, always worse. The year started with the continuation of the peaceful organized protests, that have already begun in 2019, representing the free will of the citizens who …
