Nazli Tarzi

Nazli Tarzi is an independent journalist, whose writings and films focus on Iraq’s ancient history and contemporary political scene.

Author Articles

A ghost of the past. “The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist” by Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz. (AFP)
The Iraqi lamassu bull takes up residence in London’s Trafalgar Square
04-14-2018
Workers clean the street in Mosul, on January 10. (Reuters)
After the war is won, ‘we shall not return’ to Mosul
04-14-2018
Cuffs are seen in front of cells housing Islamic state members at a counter-terrorism prison in Sulaymaniyah. (Reuters)
Death sentences raise questions about Iraqi justice
04-07-2018
Aya Aghabi, founder of Accessible Jordan. (Aya Aghabi)
Making Jordan accessible for wheelchair users
03-24-2018
A man (R) changes US dollars to Iraqi dinars at a currency exchange shop in Baghdad. (Reuters)
Iraq’s untapped economy of remittances
03-24-2018
An Iranian pilgrim flashes his passport while passing through a border crossing in the Iraqi city of Basra. (AFP)
As proxy warfare in region continues, Iraq falls even deeper into Iran’s pocket
03-17-2018
An Iraqi girl carries water at a camp for internally displaced people in Hammam al-Alil, last year. (AFP)
Iraq’s chronic water crisis won’t be fixed by rain gods
03-03-2018
Workers at Iraq’s Bin Omar natural gas facility, north of the southern port of Basra. (AFP)
Rise of ‘take-or-pay’ contracts is a blow to Iraq’s sovereignty
02-24-2018
US Army soldiers stand next to a guided-missile launcher in the Iraqi village of Abu Ghaddur, last year. (AP)
As its Iraq mission shrinks, how much of a say can America retain?
02-17-2018
Iraqi farmers collect potatoes from their fields in the village of Yusufiyah around 16kms south of Baghdad. (AFP)
Can Iraq’s ailing economy liberate itself in 2018?
02-10-2018
A bus displays a poster advising people to check about their voting information ahead of Iraq's parliamentary elections Baghdad. (AFP)
Iraqis respond to May’s elections with scathing satire
02-03-2018
Iraqi government skimps on reconstruction preparations
01-09-2018

Iraqi artist’s attempt to tap into children’s imagination
01-04-2018

Iraq’s ruling Shia alliance unravels months ahead of elections
12-18-2017

Iraqis fight to preserve legal protection for young women
12-18-2017

As Kurdish nationalism rises, the voice of Iraq’s Turkmen shrinks
11-18-2017

London- \"A blazing fire may soon burn,” warned the leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF), Arsh

Olivier Sarbil’s Mosul documentary sheds different light on front line
10-22-2017

London - Gunshots resound and shards of glass crackle beneath combat boots in the opening scenes

Monetising grief: Humanitarian television in refugee settlements
10-07-2017

Tales of wartime survival and exile have typically been communicated by displaced individuals who

The rocky road to Iraq’s 2018 elections
09-30-2017

The chorus of voices broadcasting predic­tions ahead of Iraq’s 2018 elections has grown louder am

The Metamorphosis of Iraq’s Islamist parties
09-16-2017

America’s democratic experiment in Iraq 14 years ago lifted a lid that welcomed a flood of Islami