March 31, 2021 |
Haifa Zangana The gap between the Arab people and their governments has never been greater and deeper than what we are currently experiencing regarding Palestine. At a time when some governments...
January 27, 2021 |
Haifa Zangana Thirty-two dead and over 110 wounded people have been added to the list of bombing victims in Iraq. Two suicide bombers were responsible; strapped with explosives they blew themselves...
December 23, 2020 |
Haifa Zangana Engineering graduates gathered again on Sunday to protest in front of the headquarters of the Shuaiba Refinery near Basra in southern Iraq because of the government's failure to respond...
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Opinion August 14, 2020 |
Haifa Zangana On Thursday 6 August, we were preparing to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. But on Tuesday, we were...
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US March 10, 2020 |
Haifa Zangana For the first time since the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, women in the country are celebrating International Women's Day, in a way that is reminiscent of...
March 4, 2020 |
Haifa Zangana Muhammad Allawi has recently been appointed as Prime Minister of the Iraqi transitional government, since when the auction for government positions has quickened; in this it is no different...
January 15, 2020 |
Haifa Zangana Journalist Ahmed Abdel Samad and his colleague, photographer Ghali Al-Tamimi, were added to the list of Iraqi women and men martyrs after being assassinated three days ago by what...
July 3, 2019 |
Haifa Zangana As the American war drums against Iran grow louder, we are beginning to hear their joyous echoes in the hearts of Iraqi parties who view the war as "liberation"...
December 6, 2018 |
Haifa Zangana How can we tackle the Israeli narrative about Palestine's past and present, when the Palestinian people continue to struggle against Israel's colonial occupation which bases its existence on a...
December 13, 2017 |
Haifa Zangana Was President Donald Trump aware of how foolish he looked when he sat in front of the cameras and proudly signed a document recognising Jerusalem as the Israeli capital?...
November 29, 2017 |
Haifa Zangana Writing is the act of documentation and is one means of resisting apartheid and ethnic cleansing targeting any nation, let alone the Palestinian nation.
November 22, 2017 |
Haifa Zangana During his meeting with the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions and her accompanying delegation on 15 November, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi stated that human rights violations in...
November 16, 2017 |
Haifa Zangana After the announcement of Mosul's liberation, the spotlight was focused on rebuilding the city that everyone agreed had been 80 per cent ruined on the right side, including bridges,...
November 8, 2017 |
Haifa Zangana For the third time since the occupation of Iraq in 2003, the National Personal Status Law number 188 of 1959, which is still on the statute book, is at...
October 3, 2017 |
Haifa Zangana The Iraqis are fearfully waiting for the beating of war drums after the referendum was held in Kurdistan, wondering if this is the post-Daesh phase. They know too well...
September 19, 2017 |
Haifa Zangana According to Dr Elham Al-Douri, "40 per cent of Iraqi children suffer from mental illnesses." She continues to list harrowing facts about the mental and psychological illnesses in Iraq,...
August 15, 2017 |
Haifa Zangana One of the changes US President Donald Trump has been working to make since his presidency is a change to the laws regarding humanitarian food aid to the world,...
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Yemen August 1, 2017 |
Haifa Zangana The United Nations has urged the Iraqi government to investigate abuse by its soldiers after a video, allegedly showing Iraqi soldiers torturing and killing individuals in Mosul suspected of affiliation with Daesh in recaptured areas of Mosul, was widely circulated in social networks on 23 January 2017
June 20, 2017 |
Haifa Zangana There is complete political and media silence surrounding the US-led coalition's use of deadly white phosphorus in Mosul and Raqqa. At the same time, there is a flood of...
April 27, 2017 |
Haifa Zangana The release of Qatari nationals held hostage in Iraq, which took place after long negotiations, has long captivated the Arab and international media's attention. Various parties and news outlets...
June 10, 2016 |
Haifa Zangana It is said that the siege of the city of Fallujah, which is situated nearly 60 kilometres from Baghdad, has been ongoing for the past two years. We are...
October 14, 2015 |
Haifa Zangana We in the Arab world are accused of violence on one hand and a lack of preparedness for democracy on the other, or both at the same time. Those...
August 25, 2015 |
Haifa Zangana The slogans of the demonstrators across 11 Iraqi provinces have developed over the past three weeks from demanding electricity to demanding the "thieving" officials be prosecuted, to demanding that...
When the Iraqis took to the streets in 16 of the 18 Iraqi governorates in 2011, the "silent" Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists, invisible to the public, spoke up...
November 9, 2014 |
Haifa Zangana While the world is busy rallying politically and militarily against ISIS, I believe that in Iraq and America the blame is mainly put on ex-Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki. He...
June 25, 2014 |
Haifa Zangana The streets are crowded. They are filled with pedestrians and cars. The market with its shops filled with clothing, household items, vegetables and fruits are all open. Women are...
January 24, 2014 |
Haifa Zangana The "new Iraq" government and its media are beating the drums of comprehensive sectarian strife. The Iraqi people, drowning in a flood of poverty, poor education and health provision,...
January 24, 2014 |
Haifa Zangana The general picture of the reality in Iraq is that Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's regime is begging America to supply sophisticated weapons to combat terrorism. Foreign Minister Zebari has...
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