Opinion Excessive Authoritarianism of Both the KDP and PUK in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq May 29, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments Sarko Sleman – Activists After more than 33 years of joint rule by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), these two ruling families now…
Activities London Media Dakok Organisation Continues to Lead in Legal Awareness and Youth Empowerment May 29, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments On 28 May 2025, in the heart of the United Kingdom, Dakok Organization held a highly impactful professional seminar titled “Legal Awareness”, reaffirming its role as a forward-thinking, community-driven organization…
Opinion The South… May 29, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) 1 Comment Hassan Hamza – Activists We no longer hold any illusions about the South. Our words and criticisms have been exhausted. Wherever you stand, you find yourself tangled in its web.…
Opinion The Shift in Iraq’s Health Sector: From Public Service to Private Enterprise May 26, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments Sarhang Salar Ahmed – Activists Access to healthcare is a fundamental human right recognized in all societies. Every individual has the right to receive healthcare services without discrimination, including access…
News Attack on Young Protester in Duhok Highlights Ongoing Repression in Kurdistan Region May 25, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments On May 25, 2025, in the city of Duhok, guards affiliated with Bangin Rikani, the Minister of Construction, physically assaulted a young protester who was peacefully criticizing the Iraqi Minister…
Opinion By a Single Fatwa Was It Formed—Nor Will a Hundred Fatwas Dismantle It May 25, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments Raqeb Osman – Activists In the aftermath of the collapse of the Iraqi army during the advance of the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), known…
Opinion Dictatorship: A Self-Legitimizing Political Order May 25, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) 1 Comment Aland Jabar – Activists Dictatorship is a political system that legitimizes itself through self-affirmation, centralization of power, and the suppression of free expression. In the Middle East, this system has…
Opinion The Rebellious Subaltern Disrupts Our Comfort May 25, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments Nazhad Osman – Activists We live in a phase where, in an unspoken and unacknowledged manner, subalternity has become institutionalized within the official hierarchies of zones marked in green, yellow,…
Opinion Another Dangerous Epidemic… May 25, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments Arez Noori – Activists Highlighting looting, corruption, and decadence as deeply entrenched realities is not merely a neutral observation, but rather an outright indictment of the ruling duopoly—both the Kurdistan…
Opinion A Perspective on Masoud Barzani’s Statement, Leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party May 25, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments Peshawa Abdulla Muhammad – Activists I honestly do not know where to begin. I feel as though this man has lost touch with reason—his mind appears disoriented, yet he proceeds…