Zahra Ali is a sociologist and Assistant professor at Rutgers University-Newark. She is the author of Women and Gender in Iraq: between Nation-Building and Fragmentation published by Cambridge University Press in 2018. @ZahraSociology
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: InterviewThe hacker who lost his family and survived torture in Iraq’s secret prisonsI spoke to Ahmed Al-Ghaleb in January, as he prepared to make the perilous journey to Europe to seek asylum. He...
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Published in: Homeالعراق: الاحتجاجات تطالب بالتغيير والحكومة تستجيب بالعنفمع تصاعد حجم التظاهرات في العراق، تصاعد القمع العنيف وغير المسبوق.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Iraq, demonstrators demand change and the government fights back
Initially described as protests over the economy, they have become a call for revolution.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaProtest movements in Iraq in the age of a ‘new civil society’For Iraqi youth, the demands for social justice and economic redistribution cannot be separated from the claim for...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIraq’s protest movement reveals the failure of the post-2003 regimeWhile Iraq is experiencing its fourth week of mass protests, it is essential to understand not only their direct...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIraqi feminists mobilise against sectarian lawsThe sectarian personal status code comes in a context marked by social and religious conservatisms, sectarian...