For an Arab-Kurdish Federation in Iraq

An-Nahar

Translation: Iraqi federalism should be based on the national divide, not the sectarian one—and the occupation destroyed the state, not just the regime. Kirkuk's oil belongs to all Iraqis.

The New Iraqi Flag: an exercise in identity manipulation

The new Iraqi flag (2004) was identity manipulation under occupation: erasing Arabism and Islam—and successive Iraqi flags record the country's gradual drift from secularism toward religion.

Was the Iraq War Inevitable?

Was the war inevitable? Saddam knew there were no WMD yet procrastinated—and our rulers follow Machiavelli in repression but fail to uncover traps like the fox.

عن الأندلس وحرب العراق وقانارسائل إلى إيتل عدنان

On Al-Andalus, the Iraq War, and Qana - Letters to Etel Adnan

An-Nahar

From Granada to Cana: "blood turned into... blood." Samaha mutters "Why?" then: "What a stupid question!"

عن الاندلس وحرب العراق وقانا – رسائل الى اتيل عدنان

On Al-Andalus, the Iraq War, and Qana - Letters to Etel Adnan

An-Nahar

A surgical "error" of terrifying precision killed 108 in Qana — Joseph Samaha walks out of the mass grave: "Why?" Then: "What a stupid question!"