Protected: Translation: ‘al-Asa’ib Enter the Game!’ A Sadrist account of the opening phase of the 2015 protests
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Translation: Jassim Al-Helfi, ‘The Social Movement in Iraq’
Translation starts here: Jassim Al-Helfi, ‘The Social Movement in Iraq: Diverse approaches towards a single goal’, al-thaqafa al-jadida, 380/2, 2016. Introduction The broad protests, which erupted on the 25th February 2011, have continued, via various ups and downs, until they took on the form of a wide popular momentum from the 31st July 2015. The
Translation Part III: The Sadrists and the left, conclusion. Faris Kamal Nadhmi
This is the final par of my translation of an article by independent leftist Iraqi intellectual and social psychologist Faris Kamal Nadhmi (Part I, and Part II can be found by following the links). In this final concluding section, Nadhmi critiques the notion of the Sadrists as ‘blind’ followers of their religious leader. This question
Faris Kamal Nadhmi, Part II: ‘The Sadrist Trend: Between Nationalism and Islamism’
This post features the second part of my translation of an article by independent leftist Iraqi intellectual and social psychologist Faris Kamal Nadhmi. Part I can be read here. In this section, Nadhmi presents an interesting analysis of the Sadrist trend as a social movement which could be a potential vehicle for the development of
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