Author Archives: Mehiyar
A Year of Living Dangerously
The knives are out, and another year of living dangerously awaits Iraq. With bottom-dollar oil prices and a drug-like dependency on oil to fuel something called the ‘economy’, this and the next year will ultimately see the unravelling of the
A Year of Living Dangerously
The knives are out, and another year of living dangerously awaits Iraq. With bottom-dollar oil prices and a drug-like dependency on oil to fuel something called the ‘economy’, this and the next year will ultimately see the unravelling of the
Protected: The emerging challenges of US-European conservation projects in Iraq
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Protected: The emerging challenges of US-European conservation projects in Iraq
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Why Iraq’s archaeology and heritage will continue to crumble
In the past few weeks Ive been writing quite a bit about the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH), which is Iraq’s main antiquities state institution. I want to highlight a number of key points that readers may find
Why Iraq’s archaeology and heritage will continue to crumble
In the past few weeks Ive been writing quite a bit about the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH), which is Iraq’s main antiquities state institution. I want to highlight a number of key points that readers may find
The selling off of Iraqi public land to political parties
Someone yesterday asked me about the nature of foreign extractivism and plunder of Iraqi public assets in Iraq and I now feel obliged to write this short piece to clarify a few things about how political party commercial interests operate
The selling off of Iraqi public land to political parties
Someone yesterday asked me about the nature of foreign extractivism and plunder of Iraqi public assets in Iraq and I now feel obliged to write this short piece to clarify a few things about how political party commercial interests operate
A snapshot of the Iraq Protest Movement
It is difficult to predict what might happen to the Iraqi Protest Movement over the next few weeks. One thing is for sure however is that the forces working against the wishes of the Iraqi people are enormously powerful and
A snapshot of the Iraq Protest Movement
It is difficult to predict what might happen to the Iraqi Protest Movement over the next few weeks. One thing is for sure however is that the forces working against the wishes of the Iraqi people are enormously powerful and
Protected: Art, expression and the Iraq Protest Movement
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Protected: Art, expression and the Iraq Protest Movement
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Cultural (dis)continuity, political trajectories and the state in post – 2003 Iraq
Cultural continuity and the political trajectories of states are intimately intertwined. What happens to state institutions, how they are transformed through the interventions of external and domestic actors, affects heritage and its continuity in myriad ways. This paper looks at
Cultural (dis)continuity, political trajectories and the state in post – 2003 Iraq
Cultural continuity and the political trajectories of states are intimately intertwined. What happens to state institutions, how they are transformed through the interventions of external and domestic actors, affects heritage and its continuity in myriad ways. This paper looks at
