Nazli Tarzi
Middle East Monitor
United Kingdom
Contact Nazli
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Nazli:
Iraq and Kuwait are at loggerheads over conflicting maritime border claims –
Efforts to resolve a slow-burning maritime boundary dispute between Iraq and Kuwait hit a dead end last ... → Read More
Baghdad comes to Stratford in RSC-commissioned play –
Theatre as an act of re-imagining and storytelling is an approach displayed masterfully in the new Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production A Museum in Baghdad. In conversation with MEMO, playwright... → Read More
More gloom or an investment boom for Iraq? –
The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) held its annual Spring Conference in London on 10 April entitled ‘Iraq – Financing a Modern Economy', hosting officials from the UK and Iraqi Government and delegates from the major companies operating in Iraq... → Read More
Basra’s overstretched health sector faces a water crisis with no help from Baghdad –
Iraq's southern city of Basra — the 'Venice of the East' — is on high alert. Citizens in their thousands have been admitted to hospital with undiagnosed illnesses after drinking contaminated... → Read More
Iraq’s southern rebellion defies defeat in the face of state violence –
Prominent Iraqi human rights activist Jabbar Abdul Karim Bahadli, famous for defending the rights of wrongfully convicted protesters and activists, was assassinated early on Monday by unknown assailan... → Read More
The private sector takeover of Iraq’s date palm groves –
The wanton destruction of life in Iraq has extended into the country's southern hinterland where state developers are bulldozing date palm groves for commercial development purposes. In the last wee... → Read More
Sadr City arms depot explosion sparks national disarmament debate –
America's imperial seizure of Baghdad fifteen years ago altered Iraq's military landscape irrevocably. As 'liberation' morphed into occupation, US-issued decrees promising reform dismantled Ir... → Read More
Miss Iraq is a false prophet of peace and coexistence –
Sarah Idan, Miss Iraq 2017, is the newest voice in the chorus of advocates calling for coexistence between Israel and Palestine. Speaking before international and Israeli officials at the American ... → Read More
Strange bedfellows are cooperating and sharing intelligence in Iraq –
Generals from Syria, Iran and Russia convened at the joint-intel centre (JIC) inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone last week to discuss matters of national security and cooperation. The meeting was... → Read More
Iraq walks a dangerous tightrope to relieve hydropolitical tension with neighbours –
Daily reminders of Iraq's tragic state of affairs are brought up across online spaces daily. The trending video of a dishdasha-clad Iraqi citizen, wading through what is left of the River Tigris –... → Read More
Optimism fades as election results in Iraq are annulled –
Celebrations that lit up Baghdad's Liberation Square on the eve of the country's parliamentary elections on 12 May have faded, replaced by the embers of old and new constitutional disputes that bu... → Read More
Like heavy fog, the stench of death fills the air in Mosul –
Throughout the nine months from the beginning of military operations to liberate Iraq's north-western province in October 2016, thousands of men, women and children, as well as fighters, perished. T... → Read More
Muqtada Al-Sadr has had a less than conventional journey into politics –
Iraqi populist leader Muqtada Al-Sadr's climb to fame has eclipsed the predictions of his inevitable demise heard over the past decade. Once described as an afterthought in the celebrated Sadr famil... → Read More
The ever-shifting landscape of Iraq’s electoral results –
Twenty-four hours after Iraq's fourth parliamentary election concluded, global commentators and Iraqis together celebrated what they view to be 'big developments'. The victory sealed by the S... → Read More
Calls for a boycott reach a crescendo a day ahead of Iraq’s parliamentary vote –
With less than 24 hours to go before Iraqis cast their votes in their country's fourth parliamentary elections, people on the street are divided on whether to take part or abstain. Perhaps more than... → Read More
Disgruntled citizens deface Iraq’s billboard men –
As Iraq's Election Day approaches, political campaign posters adorned by smiling candidates — secular and religious zealots alike — crowd the landscape. It seems that the masses do not share the... → Read More
Remembering the first battle of Fallujah –
It was on 31 March 2004 that America's occupation of Iraq turned a year old. The date also marked the beginning of the grisliest chapter of America's unwelcome stay in Fallujah. Iraq's occupi... → Read More
Contradictions abound in Turkey’s military incursions in Iraq and Syria –
A military incursion ordered by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the plains of Sinjar to thwart Kurdish rebels belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is stoking old tensions and promp... → Read More
Behind the mask of democracy Iraq is a failed state –
Fifteen years ago today America remade the Iraqi Republic in its own image but the democratic mould pressed on the country has proven incompatible with the behaviour of Baghdad's rogue elite. The po... → Read More
Mutual resentment and distrust hardens as Baghdad shrinks Kurds’ share of budget –
Commitments that Kurdish leaders made to a new Iraq 15 years ago are unravelling quicker than they were formed as the noose of budgetary matters tightens. The newest trigger, the passing of Iraq's m... → Read More