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About Anwar Rizvi

Anwar Raza Rizvi is a writer on Islamic / Middle Eastern affairs and a regular contributor to openDemocracy.

Articles by Anwar Rizvi

Wednesday 26th July

Iran and Hizbollah: the cash nexus

Anwar Rizvi, 26 July 2006

The relationship between the Islamic Republic and the Shi'a militant group in Lebanon is based on a fusion of ideas, money and politics, says Anwar Rizvi.

Sunday 9th April

Iraq: civil war or no civil war?

Anwar Rizvi, 9 April 2006

Iraq three years after the fall of Saddam is a place of sectarian and insurgent violence, insecurity and fear. But does this amount to civil war? Anwar Rizvi, recently in Iraq, weighs the evidence.

Monday 21st March

Iraq united: Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim interviewed

Anwar Rizvi, 21 March 2005

Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the largest party in the victorious Shi’a coalition likely to dominate Iraq’s new government, talks to Anwar Rizvi about uniting Iraq, defeating insurgency, and keeping faith with an Iran threatened by United States attack.

Wednesday 9th February

Shi'a rising in Iraq

Anwar Rizvi, 9 February 2005

As the votes are counted, the real story of Iraq’s first democratic vote since 1953 may be that the country’s Shi’a majority is transforming the nature of Iraqi politics.