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Mehiyar

@mehiyar.bsky.social
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Researcher and academic focusing on cultural heritage, history, statebuilding and international development. substack.com/@mehiyar

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Mehiyar @mehiyar.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
My article was published in Counterfire, a UK publication, on how corruption in #Iraq serves the US and its interests in the country, and the privatisation of the Iraqi state. #Iraq www.counterfire.org/article/corr...
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Corruption, Neoliberalism, and the Dismantling of the Iraqi State
The 2003 invasion of Iraq didn’t end, it continued through the wholesale neoliberalism of its economy and state, which is the meaning of its corruption, argues Mehiyar Kathem Many people assume...
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Mehiyar @mehiyar.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
‪ Historian Dr Dale J. Stahl speaks about his new book 'Two Rivers Entangled' which explores that the Tigris and Euphrates should not be treated merely as natural resources but as active forces that shaped the modern histories of #Iraq, #Syria, and #Turkey. mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Player/42f51...
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A conversation with Dr Dale J. Stahl, author of the newly released book: Two Rivers Entangled. An Ecological History of the Tigris and Euphrates in the Twentieth Century
A conversation with Dr Dale J. Stahl, author of the newly released book: Two Rivers Entangled. An Ecological History of the Tigris and Euphrates in the Twentieth Century. With Dr Mehiyar Kathem Al Sa'...
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Mehiyar @mehiyar.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Webinar: 'Two Rivers Entangled: An Ecological History of the Tigris and Euphrates in the Twentieth Century' 15 May 2026 - 4pm UK / 6pm Iraq time. forms.cloud.microsoft/e/bu3hzv3H8e...
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Mehiyar @mehiyar.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
My article was published on #Counterfire on Iraq's New Prime Minister and the use of oil and the US Federal Reserve Bank as an instrument of US political disciplining in #Iraq www.counterfire.org/article/oil-...
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Oil, Dollars and the Making of Iraq’s New Prime Minister
Dr Mehiyar Kathem Al Sa’edi explains how post-2003 Iraq represents a political order working exactly as its US architects and beneficiaries require.
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joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Musings On #Iraq This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 16 Shah of Iran started giving military aid to Barzani to pressure Iraq to give him control over Shatt al-Arab musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/04/this...
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This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 16 Shah of Iran started giving military aid to Barzani to pressure Iraq to give him control over Shatt al-Arab
1914 US consul in Baghdad reported rumors spread that all Christians and Jews in city would be massacred due to start ...
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Mehiyar @mehiyar.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
People in #Iraq have had enough of corruption-inducing US-European money in Iraq's NGO Sector, and for 'development'. Murthada, who is an environmentalist from Southern Iraq speaks about the abuse of domestic NGOs for profit-making regarding climate change related projects.
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Mehiyar @mehiyar.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
#Iraq Reading Group Join the monthly reading group Open to anyone interested in #Iraq politics, economics, culture, society and archaeology. forms.office.com/pages/respon... Details to be sent you once registration is complete.
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Mehiyar @mehiyar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Trump’s end game for #Iran ? The same as #Iraq – broken and subservient My article for Counterfire www.counterfire.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s end game for Iran? The same as Iraq – broken and subservient
Trump and Netanhayu’s ongoing war in the Gulf Region aims at regime change.
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Mehiyar @mehiyar.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The life and work of Yanar Mohammed, Iraqi communist and feminist activist. #iraq www.counterfire.org/article/the-...
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The life and work of Iraqi Communist and Feminist Yanar Mohammed
Following the assassination of Yanar Mohammed on 2 March, Dr Mehiyar Kathem Al Sa’edi pays tribute to a fighter for women’s rights Born in Baghdad in 1960, Yanar Mohammed graduated from the Baghdad...
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