What Does it Mean to be Iraqi?
The Politics of Identity in Iraq
A public meeting of the Iraq Working Group
Date and Time
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
U.S. Institute of Peace
2nd Floor Conference Room
1200 17th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Directions
What does it mean to be Iraqi? As sectarian violence in Iraq continues
to rise, many observers are wondering if the forces that divide Iraqis
are stronger than those that unify them.
USIP's panel "What Does it Mean to be Iraqi? The Politics of Identity
in Iraq" will explore the identities that have defined Iraqi politics
in the past, analyze Iraq's current highly sectarian climate, and
consider the possibility of a cross-cutting "Iraqi" identity that could
ultimately form the basis of a viable, stable polity.
Speakers
- Reidar Visser
Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
http://www.historiae.org
- Eric Davis
Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University
- Phebe Marr
Former Senior Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace
- Michael Rubin
Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute
- Nabil Al-Tikriti, Discussant
Assistant Professor at the University of Mary Washington
- Patricia Karam, Moderator
Senior Program Officer at the U.S. Institute of Peace
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