Not always popular but adept at survival, Ahmed Chalabi talks to Mohamed Al-Anwar in Baghdad
Leader of the Iraqi National Congress Party, Ahmed Chalabi, may be a controversial figure, but he is also a force to contend with in today's Iraq. He came (...)
Ten weeks after Iraq's January elections the political stalemate comes to an end with yesterday's naming of Jalal Talabani as president. Al-Ahram Weekly interviews Iraq's first ever Kurdish head of state
On Wednesday, Jalal Talabani, head of the (...)
Finally, the Iraqi parliament has a speaker, though further hurdles remain before a political process is in place, reports Mohamed Al-Anwar in Baghdad
Despite all its difficulties, with last Sunday's election of the parliament speaker and his (...)
Struggles over power sharing have brought Iraq's political process to a woeful standstill, Mohamed Al-Anwar reports from Baghdad
As political turmoil over the formation of the new Iraqi government entered its ninth week, the Iraqi people are (...)
The squabbling over ministerial portfolios is a reflection of deeper rifts within Iraq, reports Mohamed Al-Anwar
Though negotiations between the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) and the Kurdish parties over the formation of a new government are (...)
Mohamed Al-Anwar reports from Baghdad on who gets what in the new government
Despite continuing violence that claimed dozens of lives, not least during the religious feast of Ashura, the political process to select candidates for key posts in the (...)
Mohamed Al-Anwar, in Baghdad, talks to veteran Iraqi politician about post-elections Iraq
was foreign minister of Iraq in the 1960s, a member of the disbanded Interim Governing Council, and is now leader of the Independent Democrats and a key figure (...)
The secretary-general of the Central Council of Arab and Iraqi Tribes talks to Mohamed Al-Anwar in Baghdad
No observer of the Iraqi scene can ignore the impact of the tribes on events in the country. As the date set for the elections draws ever (...)
Harith Al-Dhari, head of the Muslim Scholars Association, spoke to Mohamed Al-Anwar in Baghdad about the US attempts to court Iraq's Sunnis
Harith Al-Dhari comes across as a strong and imposing figure. Al- Dhari and his movement is one of the (...)