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Tamara Chalabi

Tamara Chalabi is an independent scholar who earned her doctorate at Harvard University and is now based in London. Her book Shi'is of Jabal'Amil and the New Lebanon: Community and Nation-State, 1918-1943 will be published by Palgrave Macmillan in February 2006.

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Iraq: unified by oil?

Iraq’s people vote on their draft constitution on 15 October. A single sentence in the document may be the key to its success, says Tamara Chalabi.

Journey to a liberated Iraq

After a week of intensive discussions with Iranian officials, delegates of the Iraqi National Congress crossed the mountains into northern Iraq. In a vivid report from the political and military frontline, the daughter of the INC leader reports on the Tehran meetings and registers mounting anticipation in the liberated zone that Iraq’s long nightmare is nearing its end.