![Beyond the Headlines](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12298826/Podcast_BtH_June_24_playfair6gk8m.jpg)
182.1K
Downloads
412
Episodes
Dive deeper into the week’s biggest stories from the Middle East and around the world with The National’s foreign desk. Nuances are often missed in day-to-day headlines. We go Beyond the Headlines by bringing together the voices of experts and those living the news to provide a clearer picture of the region’s shifting political and social landscape.
Episodes
![Iraq's year of protests, assassinations and foreign interference](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog12298826/dad53ef2a72456234fe883a53f1ed4b7_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Iraq's year of protests, assassinations and foreign interference
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
On October the 1st 2019, protestors took to the streets of Iraq demonstrating against unemployment, government corruption and poor public services, such as electricity and clean water. As Iraqis mark the one year anniversary of the October protests, demonstrators have vowed to keep the protests going unless their demands of a peaceful and prosperous homeland are met.
Renad Mansour, senior research fellow in the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, and Inas Jabbar, human rights activist from Baghdad, tells us what has changed since the October protests started and whether protesting is achieving anything.
Renad Mansour, senior research fellow in the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, and Inas Jabbar, human rights activist from Baghdad, tells us what has changed since the October protests started and whether protesting is achieving anything.
Hosted by Suhail Akram.
Version: 20241125