
Haifa Zangana
Haifa Zangana is an Iraqi author and activist.
She was an advisor for the UNDP Report Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World (2005) and as a consultant for ESCWA (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) she contributed to “Arab Integration” report and “Towards Justice in the Arab world” report which was withdrawn by UN general secretary.
Her writings published regularly by Arab & western media and she is a weekly columnist for Al Quds Al Arabi.
She currently works with former women political prisoners in Tunisia to write their own experiences as part of transitional justice process.
Items by Haifa Zangana
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- August 12, 2015 Haifa Zangana
Who is ruling Iraq?
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 and warned the protestors against bad services and corruption as well as from the exploitation of their protests by “infiltrators”...
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- November 9, 2014 Haifa Zangana
Uprooting the Shia Dawa Party after the Baath
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 is regarded as the source of all corruption, ethnic cleansing and killing in Iraq during his eight years in government....
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- June 25, 2014 Haifa Zangana
Why did the people of Mosul welcome ISIS?
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 shopping and the men are heading to work. There is a strange feeling about all this, as if you are...
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- January 24, 2014 Haifa Zangana
Revenge and fuelling sectarian war in Iraq
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, the destruction of the infrastructure, and corruption, as well as sectarian discrimination, are being exposed to a campaign of intimidation...
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- January 24, 2014 Haifa Zangana
In search of the truth behind bombings and displacement in Iraq
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 informed the US that Iraq is in need of American assistance with intelligence analysis, surveillance and the presence of political...