How ISIS Controls the Occupied Areas in Iraq
MDC Researcher Dr. Ronen Zeidel discusses the way that the Islamic State (ISIS / ISIL) have been able to establish themselves in the Sunni regions of Iraq.
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A call to arms: what lies beneath Sistani’s potent fatwa?
Rachel Kantz Feder published an article in OpenDemocracy.
Fatima's Revolutionary Image in Fadak fi al-Ta'rikh (1955): The Inception of Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr's Activism
Rachel Kantz Feder writes in the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies of the inception of Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr's activism.
Blurring the Borders of Conflict: ISIS between Syria and Iraq
MDC Visiting Scholar Konstantinos Zarras discusses ISIS, a group descending from al-Qa'ida with an enormous impact on Iraq and Syria.
$800 Billion and Rising: The Costs of the Arab Winter
Paul Rivlin discusses the economic implications of the Arab Spring.
Renewed Unrest in Iraq: Religious and Tribal Factors
Rachel Kantz Feder discusses the current unrest in Iraq and the efforts to mitigate it.
Iraq: A Leap in Oil Exports, Accelerated Economic Growth and Implications
Yitzhak Gal discusses Iraq's rapid economic growth, stemming from a leap in oil exports, and its implications for the region.
