Mazin Ezzat was born in Baghdad and studied for a diploma in oil engineering. He joined the Iraqi army in 1980, lost an eye in 1984, and rose to the rank of general by 2003. Since the recent war, he has worked as a coordinator for the Baghdad office of a British TV company and for an engineering firm.
openAwakening in conjunction with the University of East London is organizing a three-part event series on ‘The Tahrir Square Meme’ to be held at UEL's Dockland Campus.
Our first event is Rap and the Arab Spring.
Read Anthony Barnett's lecture for the Raymond Williams Society and his foreword to the new edition of The Long Revolution:
The Long Revolution Raymond Williams
Jim Gabour Sunday Comics
James Warner Standing Perpendicular, as books do
Markha Valenta Inter Alia: religion, politics, culture
Paul Rogers on Global security
Li Datong on China from the inside
Mary Kaldor on Human security
Daniele Archibugi on Cosmopolitan democracy
