My contribution to the excellent Shia Politics Working Group h/t ⁦Thanassis Cambanis⁩ & ⁦Sajad Jiyad سجاد⁩. The term Shia politics needs a rethink - at least re Iraq - given the dominance of Shia centric actors, elite fragmentation and popular discontent. tcf.org/content/report…

The annual December "Middle East" issue includes contributions by Fanar Haddad فنر الحداد Anny Gaul Kamilia Al-Eriani, Seçil Dağtaş, Şule Can, Daniele Cantini, and Anonymous.

Getting in early with my take on 'the new Iraq at 20.' Iraq today is formally a sovereign, federal, parliamentary, constitutional democracy. In practice it is none of these! academia.edu/91842843/Turbu…

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"The truth is that the occupation was bound to collapse & fail. A nation can’t be bombed, humiliated, sanctioned, then bombed again, then told to instantly become a democracy. No amount of planning could've turned an illegal occupation into a liberation." theguardian.com/world/2023/feb…

Not sure which is worse, the cruel heartlessness of UK Lawyers For Israel or the craven spinelessness of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

.Century International's roundtable on the Iraq invasion's long shadow, feat. Marsin Alshamary مارسين الشمري, Ali Al-Mawlawi, Abdelrahman Ayyash, Thanassis Cambanis, Zack Cuyler, Maria Luisa Fantappie, Sahar Ghaddar, Fanar Haddad فنر الحداد, Sajad Jiyad سجاد, Eamon Kircher-Allen, Aron Lund, Renad Mansour, Dahlia Scheindlin, Zeinab F. Shuker: tcf.org/content/report… My part:

In this commentary I try to distinguish my feelings and experiences from those of the Iraqis who lived through the war in 2003 and its aftermath tcf.org/content/commen…

The most poignant and moving documentary I have seen about the Iraq war has to be Homeland: Iraq Year Zero. It follows a family and chronicles everyday life in Iraq both before and after the invasion. Highly recommended, albeit heartbreaking, viewing. imdb.com/title/tt441379…

I wrote a detailed account Boston Review on the clashes in the Green Zone last year, an event that some describe as an attempted coup. It highlights the dire consequences of weak institutions & the militarization of politics 20 yrs after the US invasion. bostonreview.net/articles/iraq-…

Astonishing piece of historical whitewash from Paul Bremer. Rather than apologizing, reflecting on mistakes or committing hara-kiri, he has instead written a piece about 'what went right in Iraq'! حلاتك ساكت! lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

Thanks to ⁦Mina Al-Oraibi⁩ for inviting me to join this discussion about 2003. It’s a depressing anniversary with v little (if anything) of a silver lining. thenationalnews.com/podcasts/iraq-…

Kicking off MERIP's forthcoming issue on the State of Iraq--20 years after the invasion is this piece by Fanar Haddad فنر الحداد reflecting on how Tishreen (and its after effects) crashed against the reality of the post-2003 state. MERIP Jummar Media merip.org/2023/03/perpet…

ما بعد عام ٢٠٠٣ احتجاج متواصل وفشل الدولة العراقية اقرأ المقال كاملا على جمار MERIP Fanar Haddad فنر الحداد jummar.media/3077

I don’t think it’s possible to hold this view if you thought of Iraqis as human beings equal to yourself. كلب يا ابن الكلب

Must-read analysis by Fanar Haddad فنر الحداد for MERIP: Perpetual Protest and the Failure of the post-2003 Iraqi State MERIP merip.org/2023/03/perpet…

New ⁦MERIP⁩ issue is out now with contributions from me, ⁦Zahra Ali زهراء علي⁩ ⁦Renad Mansour⁩ ⁦Fanar Haddad فنر الحداد⁩ ⁦Hamzeh Hadad | حمزة حداد⁩ and many other amazing voices. Check it out. merip.org/magazine/306/

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