Anwar Rizvi

Anwar Raza Rizvi is a graduate in political science, a political analyst on Islamic/Middle Eastern affairs who has written for the Sunday Times and the Daily Times ( Pakistan).

Jordan bearing the brunt

Already home to almost two million Palestinians, Jordan has had to take in almost a million Iraqi refugees as an aftermath of the two Gulf wars, the majority of whom have not returned.

By Anwar Rizvi

/ 29 Aug 2013

Iraq: civil war or no civil war?

The question of whether the violence wracking Iraq constitutes a civil war has been an increasing theme of public discussion since the bombing on 22 February 2006 of one of

By Anwar Rizvi

/ 9 Apr 2006

Iraq united: Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim interviewed

Anwar Rizvi: The Iraqi people turned out in large numbers on 30 January 2005 to exercise their right to a free vote. Your party constitutes a major component of the

By Anwar Rizvi

/ 21 Mar 2005

Shia rising in Iraq

The fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 provided the Shia Muslims of Iraq with perhaps a best-ever opportunity to gain their rightful place in what would hopefully be

By Anwar Rizvi

/ 9 Feb 2005

Anwar Rizvi

Jordan bearing the brunt

Iraq: civil war or no civil war?

Iraq united: Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim interviewed

Shi&#146;a rising in Iraq

Shia rising in Iraq