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About Zaid Al-Ali

Zaid Al-Ali is an attorney at the New York Bar, specialising in international commercial arbitration and comparative constitutional law. From 2005 to 2010, he was advising on constitutional, parliamentary and judicial reform in Iraq. He posts on twitter @zalali

Articles by Zaid Al-Ali

Saturday 3rd December

Iraqi regionalism and its discontents

Zaid Al-Ali, 3 December 2011
The incompetence of Iraq's central governance is fuelling demands for the formation by local provinces of self-governing regions. But such a course is most unlikely to solve the core problems Iraqis are facing, says Zaid Al-Ali.
Wednesday 5th October

Libya’s interim constitution: an assessment

Zaid Al-Ali, 5 October 2011
A draft constitution for the new Libyan state has already been released. A close reading reveals echoes of and contrasts with comparable texts from Egypt and Tunisia. But the speed of its publication is a serious concern, says Zaid Al-Ali.
Thursday 21st April

What Egypt should learn from Iraq

Zaid Al-Ali, 21 April 2011
The Iraqi experience of creating a new constitution from political and social ruin offers lessons for Egypt, says Zaid Al-Ali.
Wednesday 18th August

Iraq’s future hanging by a thread

Zaid Al-Ali, 18 August 2010
Iraqis now have greater physical security, though violence continues and politics are stalemated. But the years of conflict have corroded trust, entrenched sectarian identities, undermined livelihoods, and ravaged the environment. Zaid Al-Ali, travelling through Iraq, finds a society under intense stress whose human and national bonds are frayed - but far from broken.
Friday 2nd April

Maliki, Allawi and the Iraqi people

Zaid Al-Ali, 2 April 2010
International jubilation following high participation in Iraq's elections is premature, argues Zaid Al-Ali.
Thursday 3rd September

Iraq: new alliances, old repression

Zaid Al-Ali, 3 September 2009
The pre-election games avoid Iraqis' real needs - but light in Kurdistan shows the way
Thursday 2nd July

Iraq: face of corruption, mask of politics

Zaid Al-Ali, 2 July 2009
The fight against corruption should be the foundation-stone of a clean post-occupation Iraq
Monday 8th June

The Cairo speech: Arab Muslim voices

Karim Kasim and Zaid Al-Ali, 8 June 2009
The US president's appeal for “a new beginning” finds an instant echo
Wednesday 20th May

Lebanon: chronicles of an attempted suicide

Zaid Al-Ali, 20 May 2009
Lebanon’s sectarian, geopolitical and ideological fissures infuse its current election campaign
Thursday 13th November

What Obama means for Iraq

Zaid Al-Ali, 13 November 2008
The United States president-elect promises to withdraw troops from Iraq. Will he deliver?
Tuesday 19th June

Lebanon’s Palestinian shame

Zaid Al-Ali, 19 June 2007
Lebanon's security as well as its self-interest demands humanity and respect towards the Palestinians it hosts
Monday 7th May

Iraq: a wall to conquer us

Zaid Al-Ali, 7 May 2007
The United States plan to cantonise Baghdad follows the sectarian logic of its occupation, says Zaid Al-Ali.
Wednesday 21st March

Iraqis in freefall

Zaid Al-Ali, 21 March 2007
Whatever official narratives and recovery plans say, the real experience of Iraqis since 2003 is a collapse of livelihoods under war and occupation, says Zaid Al-Ali.
Friday 19th January

The United States in Iraq: the case for withdrawal

Zaid Al-Ali, 19 January 2007

The post-2003 occupation is only the latest chapter in Washington's long, disastrous involvement in Iraq. Zaid Al-Ali tracks a bitter history and draws a lesson.
Friday 8th December

Lebanon on the brink - but of what?

Zaid Al-Ali, 8 December 2006
Lebanon's internal political fractures combine with regional pressures to create a perilous moment for the country, reports Zaid Al-Ali in Beirut.
Tuesday 14th November

The US votes: the road ahead for Iraq

Zaid Al-Ali, 14 November 2006
United States politicians are rethinking their options in Iraq. But would a new policy resolve or intensify the war? Zaid Al-Ali assesses Washington's evolving agenda.
Wednesday 25th October

Saving Iraq: a critique of Peter W Galbraith

Zaid Al-Ali, 25 October 2006
In response to the United States's deepening predicament in Iraq, influential American voices are advocating the country's partition. Zaid Al-Ali assesses Peter W Galbraith's presentation of this case in his book "The End of Iraq."
Sunday 20th August

Iraq's war of elimination

Zaid Al-Ali, 20 August 2006
The intense sectarian violence in Baghdad is not uncontrolled but part of a conscious, organised political strategy by Shi'a and Sunni militias alike, says Zaid Al-Ali.
Wednesday 9th August

'Whatever happens, Hizbollah has already won'

Zaid Al-Ali, 9 August 2006
Lebanese and their fellow Arabs are digesting the war's lessons and debating what comes next. Zaid Al-Ali, in Beirut, reports.
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