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An Iraqi Spring?

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7 December 2019

Episode 309

30 minutes


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Ongoing demonstrations in Iraq, which began in early October, are significant because of protesters’ persistence – despite heavy-handed and sometimes deadly responses from authorities – and the youth of some of those taking to the streets. Andrew Mueller is joined by Pesha Magid, Abbas Kadhim and Renad Mansour to ask whether, this time, things will change.

7 December 2019

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