Author Archives: Mehiyar
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
New imperialism in Iraq: how the US occupation helped establish but then cannibalised the Sadr City district council
From 2003 to 2011, the US-based non-profit contractor, Research Triangle Institute, was awarded $500 million to establish local government institutions. The effort to construct 1,000 councils was one of the largest funded projects in USAID history. In this paper, I
New imperialism in Iraq: how the US occupation helped establish but then cannibalised the Sadr City district council
From 2003 to 2011, the US-based non-profit contractor, Research Triangle Institute, was awarded $500 million to establish local government institutions. The effort to construct 1,000 councils was one of the largest funded projects in USAID history. In this paper, I
Strategic Heritage Interventions in a time of cultural destruction
The spectacular destruction of cultural heritage in the Middle East by armed groups in recent years has been widely covered by the international media. Heritage destruction is also however associated with degradation, neglect and collapse, which is deeply tied to
Strategic Heritage Interventions in a time of cultural destruction
The spectacular destruction of cultural heritage in the Middle East by armed groups in recent years has been widely covered by the international media. Heritage destruction is also however associated with degradation, neglect and collapse, which is deeply tied to
Returning to nature’s earth
I pulled myself together to make the burial. My friend’s dad fought a long battle with a vicious infection that was eating into his lungs – something he said was contracted on the Hajj, in Mecca. He had struggled for
Returning to nature’s earth
I pulled myself together to make the burial. My friend’s dad fought a long battle with a vicious infection that was eating into his lungs – something he said was contracted on the Hajj, in Mecca. He had struggled for
The ‘heritage turn’ in international interventions in the Middle East and Iraq
Since the 1990s, donor organisations such as USAID and the development agencies in European countries, have delivered projects geared to building the capacity of domestic non-governmental organisations, promoting human rights and women’s issues and constructing new societal relations on the
The ‘heritage turn’ in international interventions in the Middle East and Iraq
Since the 1990s, donor organisations such as USAID and the development agencies in European countries, have delivered projects geared to building the capacity of domestic non-governmental organisations, promoting human rights and women’s issues and constructing new societal relations on the
Making sense of Iraq’s Protest Movement
The occupation of Iraq from 2003 to 2011 radically altered Iraqi society and the ways in which its classes and social groups are positioned in relation to the Iraqi state. It created winners, losers and those in between with different
Making sense of Iraq’s Protest Movement
The occupation of Iraq from 2003 to 2011 radically altered Iraqi society and the ways in which its classes and social groups are positioned in relation to the Iraqi state. It created winners, losers and those in between with different
The Fallacies of Insecurity in Iraq
I am not sure where it was published initially but it was also republished on the Assyrian International News Agency. Here is a copy of it taken from that website: http://www.aina.org/letters/20080316162402.htm Letters The Fallacies of Insecurity in Iraq By
The Fallacies of Insecurity in Iraq
I am not sure where it was published initially but it was also republished on the Assyrian International News Agency. Here is a copy of it taken from that website: http://www.aina.org/letters/20080316162402.htm Letters The Fallacies of Insecurity in Iraq By
