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Harith Hasan is a nonresident senior fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where his research focuses on Iraq, sectarianism, identity politics, religious actors, and state-society relations.
Hasan is also a researcher at the Arab Center for Researches and Policy Studies in Doha. Hasan holds a PhD in political science from Sant’Anna School for Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy and an MA in political communication from the University of Leeds. Prior to joining Carnegie, he was a senior research fellow at the Central European University and a co-director for the project, “Striking from the Margins: Religion, State and Disintegration in the Middle East.”
Before that, Hasan was also a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council where he led their Iraq Program, a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University, and a post-doctoral fellow at Brandeis University.
Hasan has published articles, essays, and papers in both English and Arabic media, including the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Maydan, The Levantine Review, Le Monde Diplomatique (English edition) and others.
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Efforts to amend the 1959 Personal Status Law are another attempt to create a parallel authority to that of the state.
For the Iraqi government to address skeptics’ views about the Development Road, it will need to focus on several key institutional reforms.
Is the community a purveyor of revolutionary change, a defender of the status quo, or a combination of both?
Join us on Thursday, June 23 from 16:00 till 17:30 Beirut time for a panel discussion on the topic with Akeel Abbas, Marsin Al Shamary, Mohanad Hage Ali, Harith Hassan and Zeinab Shuker.
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- Akeel Abbas,
- Marsin Alshamary,
- Mohanad Hage Ali,
- Harith Hasan,
- Zeinab Shuker
Muqtada al-Sadr’s decision to order his parliamentary bloc members to resign could have serious ramifications, effectively ending any chance of a political settlement through the country’s established institutions and allowing the conflict to escalate to more dangerous levels.
Also, Iran-allied factions criticized the foreign policy of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who enjoyed al-Sadr’s support, especially in opening Iraq up to the Arab world and improving relations with Jordan, Egypt, UAE, and Saudi Arabia.
In Iraq’s Eastern Basra region, regional conflicts and illicit activity have contributed to environmental decay, which in turn furthers instability. Unless these problems are addressed, there will be long-term consequences for Iraq and the Middle East.
Iraq’s parliamentary elections show a shift in the balance of power in favor of Moqtada al-Sadr and Nouri al-Maliki.
Iraqis will vote on October 10 in the first early elections since the creation of the country’s current political system following the American-led invasion of 2003
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- Harith Hasan,
- Zeinab Shuker,
- Ali Taher Alhammood,
- Balsam Mostafa
Mustapha al-Kadhimi’s promotion of regional dialogue allows him to address Iraq’s many vulnerabilities.