Mosul after ISIS: A Conversation with Omar Mohammed

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Episode 38: 2019 World Fellow Ahmed al-Basheer

Ahmed al-Basheer talks about how his life was changed by the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, why he became a comedian, the protests in Iraq, and his hopes for his country.

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Iraq: "A revolution that is going to change the whole game" in the region

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No safe place

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Episode 29: 2018 World Fellow Elpida Rouka

Elpida Rouka discusses what the United Nations means to her after 15 years working in Jerusalem, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria – and how she still finds hope despite losing friends in terrorist attacks and her brotherā€™s suicide.

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Episode 22: 2018 World Fellow Omar Mohammed

Iraqi historian Omar Mohammed, who blogs as Mosul Eye, describes how ISIS took over his hometown of Mosul, and how life is returning to the devastated city.

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Omar at the Oslo Freedom Forum in 2018

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Episode 7: 2015 World Fellow Mina Al-Oraibi

Mina Al-Oraibi is Editor in Chief of The National, the Abu Dhabi-based English language newspaper discusses her career in journalism.

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