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Items by Nazli Tarzi
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Iraq and Kuwait are at loggerheads over conflicting maritime border claims
Efforts to resolve a slow-burning maritime boundary dispute between Iraq and Kuwait hit a dead end last month. Renewed political differences over Khor Abdullah, a narrow corridor with shared sovereignty, are bubbling beneath the surface of what appear to be cordial relations between the Gulf neighbours. The issue is casting…
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Baghdad comes to Stratford in RSC-commissioned play
Theatre as an act of re-imagining and storytelling is an approach displayed masterfully in the new Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production A Museum in Baghdad. In conversation with MEMO, playwright Hannah Khalil describes “Iraq” as the object of focus, adding that the performance throws out universal questions unresolved by history.…
