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Alya ShakirAlya Shakir works on external affairs and communications at openDemocracy. She started her career as a classical pianist before finding herself in public relations at the US state department. She came to openDemocracy after 'doing time' at a government press office. She is completing a Master degree in Middle East politics from SOAS, is fluent in Arabic and Russian and has a healthy obsession with Dostoevsky. Recent articlesAhmed, a story of Iraq Alya Shakir’s family has survived wars, conscription, prison, robbery and exile, but it is a 3-year-old cousin who opens her eyes to Iraq’s current nightmare. |
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