Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي

We’re an independent, non-partisan collective of UK-based Iraqis organising in support of an egalitarian Iraq, free & fair for all its citizens. 📸Karrar Nasser

[LSE Middle East @LSEMiddleEast]

Join Oula Kadhum (@SOAS), @KhogirW, @MuhanadSeloom and @KamaranMPalani for a discussion on the future of power-sharing in #Iraq, featuring Iraqi researchers from both within the country and the diaspora.

Mon 24 Feb | 5:30 - 7PM UK time | LSE & Zoom

https://t.co/7zSKmTUN9n

[Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي @CAFIraq]

If you would like to join us, we will be meeting by the Embankment Cafe at 11:30am and head to the march together. Please bring your flags, friends and families.

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[Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي @CAFIraq]

Statement of solidarity with Palestine

Artwork by Iraqi artist Afifa Aleiby - In solidarity with the Palestinian people
1989, oil on canvas

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[Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي @CAFIraq]

The next national march for Palestine has been organised for Saturday 28th of October. In London, this will start from Victoria Embankment at 12pm. See the Palestine Solidarity Campaign for more details and updates.

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[Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck]

What happens when temperature routinely passes 50C in the summertime?
- Power grids fail.
- Parents drive all night to cool kids in their cars.
- Newborns struggle to breathe.
- Day labourers hospitalised for heatstroke.
- Generator bills (and debt) mount.
https://t.co/E06hlUGjo5

[alannah travers @AlannahTravers]

A senior adviser at the Iraqi water resources ministry warned on Thursday that the country’s water reserves have decreased by 50% since last year, due to drought + declining river levels. Water pollution is also a high concern for officials. #Iraq #climate https://t.co/EvU51o1je9

[shakomako(dot)NET @shakomakoNET]

On #IWD, we shared ten women-led Iraqi initiatives for you to support! We will list them here but make sure to check them out through our Insta page!

1 @CAFIraq - a London based independent, non-partisan collective of UK-based Iraqis organizing in support of an egalitarian Iraq

[Iraqi Women Academics Network (IWAN) @IWAN_Iraq]

Iraq Camps Appeal
This urgent fundraising campaign (target of 5000 USD) aims at providing urgent help to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Iraq. Recent snow storms have devastated IDPs and refugee camps in Iraq. The freezing temperatures have made their daily life impossible

[shakomako(dot)NET @shakomakoNET]

Excellent thread by @CAFIraq summarizing #Iraq in 2021.

[Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي @CAFIraq]

After months of renovation work, Baghdad’s famous Al-Mutanabbi Street — known for being the city’s cultural heart with its book stalls and cafes — was reopened on 25 December. This is part of a mayoral initiative to restore dozens of landmarks in the capital.

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[Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي @CAFIraq]

🧵As we move into 2022, here are our reflections on the past 12 months in Iraq news:

1⃣ Hospital fires -

Two separate instances of hospital fires killed at least 175 and injured 200+ in Baghdad in April, and Nasiriyah in July.

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[Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي @CAFIraq]

2021 has also seen the repatriation of Iraqi artefacts, including the 3,500-year old tablet telling part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, which was looted during the 1991 Gulf War and held in the US. Over 17,000 other artefacts have been returned to Iraq this year.

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