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READING LIST | 19 books to help you understand Iraq

This is a list of essential books to read if you’re looking to gain a deeper, more nuanced understanding of Iraq – featuring a combination of both non-fiction and fiction written by a mixture of Iraqi and foreign authors. This ultimate Iraq reading list covers Iraqi history, politics and culture and gets to the heart of the country’s most complex and intractable struggles.

The painful truth about FGM in the Middle East

One of the greatest obstacles standing in the way of the pursuit of gender equality…

5 things you need to know to understand the Kurdish independence referendum

Today, millions of Iraqi Kurds will go to the polls to vote on whether they…

Art as a means of recovery for the Yezidi women who escaped ISIL

Last summer, the Yezidis of northern Iraq marked the third anniversary of the attempted genocide…

Turkey: The new Middle Eastern dictatorship?

On Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a narrow majority in a national referendum…

Astana talks: A turning point for Syria and the region?

The snowy city of Astana has, this week, played host to the latest round of…

A Mile in Their Shoes: Coming to Terms With the Yazidi Genocide

“We were asking them to kill us. We were pulling their guns towards our heads,…