Other Writing
Essays & Letters
Censorship over Gaza and Palestine Roils the Arts Community (Markaz Review, April 2024)
themarkaz.org/censorship-over-gaza-and-palestine-roils-the-arts-community/
Arab Theatre Grapples with Climate Change, Borders, War & Love (Markaz Review, June 2023)
Iraqi Diaspora Playwrights (Markaz Review, February 2023)
Farha is a new milestone for Palestinian Cinema (Politics Today, January 2023)
I was a refugee boy from Baghdad (Guardian, June 2016)
ISIS' absurd fanatics, and one way of coping with it (Media Diversified, October 2015).
Between Al Assad and Al-Qaeda (Al-Ahram weekly, September 2013). An Arabic version of the article was also printed in Al-Hayat newspaper.
Iraqi cinema: under the shadow of occupation (The Middle East in London, Jan 2012)
On the path to democracy but at what cost? (Niqash, May 2010)
A Taste of Iraqi Chaos In London (Niqash, March 2010)
Long After The Tyrants Perish [in issue 127 of the Edinburgh Review]
The Middle East has culture, not just terrorism. (Guardian, April 2008)
The War on Hurricanes
Defeat the enemy
Review of Saturday, a novel by Ian McEwan
themarkaz.org/censorship-over-gaza-and-palestine-roils-the-arts-community/
Arab Theatre Grapples with Climate Change, Borders, War & Love (Markaz Review, June 2023)
Iraqi Diaspora Playwrights (Markaz Review, February 2023)
Farha is a new milestone for Palestinian Cinema (Politics Today, January 2023)
I was a refugee boy from Baghdad (Guardian, June 2016)
ISIS' absurd fanatics, and one way of coping with it (Media Diversified, October 2015).
Between Al Assad and Al-Qaeda (Al-Ahram weekly, September 2013). An Arabic version of the article was also printed in Al-Hayat newspaper.
Iraqi cinema: under the shadow of occupation (The Middle East in London, Jan 2012)
On the path to democracy but at what cost? (Niqash, May 2010)
A Taste of Iraqi Chaos In London (Niqash, March 2010)
Long After The Tyrants Perish [in issue 127 of the Edinburgh Review]
The Middle East has culture, not just terrorism. (Guardian, April 2008)
The War on Hurricanes
Defeat the enemy
Review of Saturday, a novel by Ian McEwan
Poems
Shadow of their former selves - June 2001
The Absent tailor - Dec 2001
Ortaköy Mosque - Jan 2006
Greece - Sep/Oct 2005
The Lonesome Part - Aug 2005
Bad Points - Jan 2006
Mother Teresa - Sep 2007
End of the Party - Sep 2009
Freedom is a Myth - Feb 2011
Distance - March 2011
Histology - March 2011
Varanasi - June 2011
First Wife - Aug/Sep 2011
The Absent tailor - Dec 2001
Ortaköy Mosque - Jan 2006
Greece - Sep/Oct 2005
The Lonesome Part - Aug 2005
Bad Points - Jan 2006
Mother Teresa - Sep 2007
End of the Party - Sep 2009
Freedom is a Myth - Feb 2011
Distance - March 2011
Histology - March 2011
Varanasi - June 2011
First Wife - Aug/Sep 2011
Short Stories
Kuszib [in issue 1 of Shattered Prism, Rosarium Publishing]
Fairytales [in issue 127 of Edinburgh Review]
Love in the Time of Barriers [in issue 38 of Banipal and issue 18 of siècle 21]
The Game [From 8 to 21 March, 2011 in Fatboy Review]
Swine [From 8 to 21 March, 2011 in Fatboy Review]
Fairytales [in issue 127 of Edinburgh Review]
Love in the Time of Barriers [in issue 38 of Banipal and issue 18 of siècle 21]
The Game [From 8 to 21 March, 2011 in Fatboy Review]
Swine [From 8 to 21 March, 2011 in Fatboy Review]