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About Mohammed Hussainy

Mohammed Hussainy is a Jordanian writer specialising in Iraqi issues who writes for the Arabic language Al Ghad newspaper and Al Arabiya.net.

He is the director of the Identity Center in Amman, Jordan, which aims to encourage political participation in Jordan and the wider Arab world.

Articles by Mohammed Hussainy

Wednesday 23rd February

Jordan demands democracy, not disintegration

Mohammed Hussainy, 23 February 2011
While Arabs express solidarity, the specificity of each nation must not be overlooked. In Jordan, Mohammed Hussainy pleads that this opportunity for reform is not undone by divisive agendas.
Monday 7th February

What keeps Mubarak on his throne?

Mohammed Hussainy, 7 February 2011
Mohammed Hussainy summarises the personalities and forces that prevent Mubarak from standing down.
Friday 28th January

Patriarchal shows of generosity will not appease the Arab people

Mohammed Hussainy, 28 January 2011
Arab regimes' attempts to buy off their people only highlight their duplicity, argues Mohammed Hussainy
Saturday 15th January

Messages from Tunisia

Mohammed Hussainy, 15 January 2011
What message should Tunisians and the peoples and governments of the Arab world and beyond take from the Tunisian uprising, asks Mohammed Hussainy.
Monday 18th October

Iraq's big deal: the coming national unity government

Mohammed Hussainy, 18 October 2010
Faced with the problem of how to share the offices of power between rival blocs, Iraqi politicians are rearranging the constitutional weights to achieve a balance of power acceptable to parliament's largest factions. Will the result be unity or stasis, asks Mohammed Hussainy
Tuesday 3rd August

Iraq: on the path to national salvation?

Mohammed Hussainy, 3 August 2010
The current political impasse in Iraq is damaging to all parties involved. A National Salvation Government sponsored by the UN may be the only feasible way forward, says Mohammed Hussainy
Monday 10th May

Allawi throws it all away

Mohammed Hussainy, 10 May 2010
Allawi emerged from the election triumphant, but is now unlikely to become the next prime minister. Mohammed Hussainy explains how.
Friday 19th March

Once again, the Iraqi compass points north

Mohammed Hussainy, 19 March 2010
The votes are in and the Iraqi coalitions have entered a complex process of deal making and realignment. Little can be predicted with any certainty, but the Kurdish parties look set to regain their place as kingmakers in Baghdad.
Monday 1st March

Shadowy campaign financing will mire Iraq's democratic elections

Mohammed Hussainy, 1 March 2010
As campaigning in the Iraqi election intensifies, there is a danger that the race will be won by ill-gotten wealth.
Monday 22nd February

A nest of contradictions: exclusion and immunity in the Iraqi elections

Mohammed Hussainy, 22 February 2010
The fudged compromise on Iraqi election candidates previously excluded from running raises more questions than it answers.

Debaathication vs. reconciliation? The decision to ban Saleh al-Mutlaq from standing in the Iraqi election

Mohammed Hussainy, 27 January 2010
The Iraqi Accountability and Justice Commission's decision to ban former Baathist Saleh al-Mutlaq from standing in the forthcoming election threatens to derail the process of reconciliation in the country and provoke a crisis in Iraqi politics.
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