We are Iraqis : aesthetics and politics in a time of war / edited by Nadje Al-Ali and Deborah Al-Najjar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig.

Al-Najjar, Deborah.

Series:

Contemporary Issues in the Middle East

Contemporary issues in the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts--Political aspects--Iraq--History--21st century.

Arts.

Arts, Iraqi--21st century.

Arts, Iraqi.

Iraq--History--2003-.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While the occupation of Iraq and its aftermath has received media and political attention, we know very little about the everyday lives of Iraqis. Iraqi men, women, and children are not merely passive victims of violence, vulnerable recipients of repressive regimes, or bystanders of their country's destruction. In the face of danger and trauma, Iraqis continue to cope, preparing food, sending their children to school, socializing, telling jokes, and dreaming of a better future. Within the realm of imagination and creative expression, the editors find that many Iraqi artists have not only survived but have also sought healing. In We Are Iraqis, Al-Ali and Al-Najjar showcase written and visual contributions by Iraqi artists, writers, poets, filmmakers, photographers, and activists. Contributors explore the way Iraqis retain, subvert, and produce art and activism as ways of coping with despair and resisting chaos and destruction. The first anthology of its kind, We Are Iraqis brings into focus the multitude of ethnicities, religions, and experiences that are all part of Iraq.

Contents:

What every driver must know / Alise Alousi

Bifurcations of Iraq's visual culture / Nada Shabout

A barbarian in Rome: excerpts from a diary / Sinan Antoon

Putting contemporary Iraqi art on the map: a conversation with Maysaloun Faraj / Nadje Al-Ali

The assassination of Iraqi academic life: a personal testimony / Saad N. Jawad

My own private Munich / Dahlia Petrus

Hassan Abdulrazzak: a selection / Hassan Abdulrazzak

Reframing Sunni and Shii discussions / Yara Badday

Invisible mirror: aggression and the thumb-generation response / Wafaa Bilal

Iraq: a long phantasmagorical dream for those who are not part of the new capitalism or retired communism / Ali Bader

Migratory sacred spaces: (re)creating ʻAshūrāʼ

Dena Al-Adeeb

Liberal mass media (mis)communication and Iraqi (dis)connections / Celia Shallal

Sophisticated ways: destruction of an ancient city / Nadje Al-Ali

My trips to the unknown / Maki Al Nazzal

A tale of two exiles / Sama Alshaibi

1001 nights / Jananne Al-Ani

Arab-Jews, diasporas, and multicultural feminism: a conversation with Ella Habiba Shohat / Evelyn Azeeza Alsultany

A film-training project for young Iraqis / Maysoon Pachachi

Lyrical resistance: the example of Saadi Youssef / Ferial J. Ghazoul

Larsa / Dunya Mikhail

Ur's echo: cosmopolitans and radical loss / Rashad Salim

Identity of the numbers / Irada Al-Jabbouri.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780815651994

0815651996

OCLC:

845242329