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A space for dialogue and reflection. Essays on events, time and people, and Iraq and the region, written by someone who lived what he writes about.
A Conversation Between a Father and His Son
Dr. Alaa Mahmoud Al-TamimiFebruary 2026On a quiet winter evening, a son sat beside his father, who had passed seventy.The light was dim, and the house rested in a serenity that resembled the calm of…
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Canada is not for sale… Carney and the cleverness of confronting Trump
During the recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House, Trump reiterated his…
Baghdad: Memory of a City
Baghdad – A Hymn to Eternity from the Cloak of HistoryIn the heart of geography, where legends lie beneath the soil of…
The Gulf is one, but each shore has its own story.
Amidst the folds of history and the conflicts of the present, the Gulf is contested by names, just as nations contest it.…
Naked soul in front of life
Dr. Alaa Al-TamimiThe walls of hospitals have heard a prayer more sincere than all the prayers of mosques and the hymns of…
Farewell to His Holiness Pope Francis I… Pope of the Poor and Voice of Dialogue
Dr. Alaa Mahmoud Al-Tamimi - April 21, 2025With feelings of sadness, the world was shocked this morning by the passing of the…
Notre Dame Church fire
Six years ago today, April 16, 2019, France and the world were shaken by the news of a fire at the historic…