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INTERVIEW: Iraqi elections won’t stop violence or end corruption, says constitutional lawyer
April 14, 2014
Zaid Al Ali spent five years in Iraq as a legal adviser to the UN and has just written a book about how the promise of a post-Saddam Iraq has been undermined. He joined me earlier from Cairo where he is now based and began by talking about how his fath …
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Battling perceptions: Minorities in the Arab world – We must move away from the overriding narrative that ‘sectarianism’ is the natural state of the Arab world
April 10, 2014
Zaid al-Ali, author of The Struggle for Iraq’s Future – How corruption, incompetence and sectarianism have undermined democracy, says that “ancient hatred” was similarly invoked by Western analysts and media as the only plausible explanation for the de …
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Expert Discusses Iraqi Corruption, Climate Change
March 29, 2014
Zaid Al–Ali, a senior adviser at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, said that an increase in large-scale corruption in Iraq has led to severe human rights abuses and violence in the country during a book talk at the Cen …
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AUDIO: In Iraq, Anbar Faces Extremists Stronger Than Those U.S. Fought
March 11, 2014
The extremists now committing a wave of attacks in Iraq’s Anbar province are better trained, funded and equipped than the al-Qaida-linked groups American soldiers battled there, says Brett McGurk, one of the State Department’s top officials for Iraq. [ …
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Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosts Zaid Al-Ali
March 11, 2014
Zaid Al-Ali spoke to the Chicago Council’s President’s Circle about his new book, maintaining that despite enormous challenges, Iraq can overcome its divisions. He also discussed the prospects for reforming Iraq’s government and achieving a more inclu …
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Egypt passes law protecting elections commissions from legal challenges
March 8, 2014
Egypt’s interim president issued a much-anticipated decree on Saturday governing an upcoming presidential election that clears the way for a vote that many expect will be won by the country’s military chief. […]Saturday’s decision is likely to be chall …
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The University of Chicago hosts Zaid Al-Ali
March 6, 2014
This was a discussion on Zaid Al-Ali’s new book, sponsored by the University of Chicago and moderated by Professor Tom Ginsburg.
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VIDEO: The Struggle for Iraq’s Future
March 5, 2014
Zaid speaks at the Carnegie Council and explains how the constitution in Iraq was drafted and how it impacts Iraq today.
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PANEL: The Struggle for Iraq’s Future – A Panel Discussion sponsored by The Center for Constitutional Transitions at NYU Law on the new book by Zaid Al-Ali
March 5, 2014
This was a panel debate on the Struggle for Iraq’s Future, featuring Zaid Al-Ali, Senior Adviser on Constitution Building, International IDEA, Andrew Arato, Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Theory, The New School for Social Resear …
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AUDIO: Zaid Al-Ali interviewed by WNYC
March 5, 2014
Iraqi lawyer Zaid Al-Ali talks about why his countrymen maintain a strong sense of national identity, despite increasing sectarianism and pervasive government corruption.
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