Nazli Tarzi

Nazli Tarzi is a London-based contributor to The Arab Weekly.

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Doctors treat a patient in Mosul.(AFP)
Violence pushing Iraq’s medical sector to the brink
August 17, 2019
Iranian Revolutionary Guards patrol around the British-flagged tanker Stena Impero as it’s anchored off the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, July 21. (AFP)
Can Boris Johnson part ways with the US on Iran?
August 03, 2019
A members of Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) walks past a poster at the militia group’s media centre in Baghdad, July 2. (Reuters)
Iran-backed PMF militias extend their role beyond Iraqi ‘national defence’
July 27, 2019
Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration demanding better public services and jobs in Basra, last March. (AP)
Iraq’s growing community of atheists no longer peripheral
July 20, 2019
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt (L) waits for the start of a meeting at the European Council in Brussels, last May. (AP)
British tankers in the crosshairs of Iran’s ‘unnecessary’ escalation
July 20, 2019
Under attack. Iraqi Ambassador to the United States Farid Yasseen. (US Institute of Peace)
Iraq’s US envoy in troubled waters over call to normalise ties with Israel
July 13, 2019
Low priority. Richard Ratcliffe holds a sign for his wife, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, during his vigil outside the Iranian Embassy in London, June 16.(AP)
Britain rebukes Iran’s use of hostages as foreign policy tactic
June 29, 2019
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks at the "Peace to Prosperity" conference in Manama, Bahrain, June 25, 2019. (Reuters)
Arab press divided on US economic peace plan
June 28, 2019
Going in flames. Iraqi farmers and other residents attempt to put out a fire that engulfed a wheat field in the northern town of Bashiqa, east of Mosul, Iraq June 12, 2019. (Reutres)
Mystery fires in Iraq kill dream of food self-sufficiency
June 22, 2019
A journey back to the desert. Mena Massoud as Aladdin (L) and Will Smith as Genie in Disney’s live-action adaptation of the 1992 animated classic “Aladdin.”(AP)
Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ remake bridges film and tourism industries in Jordan
June 15, 2019
An Iraqi man stands next to boats in Dhi Qar. (Rashad Salim)
Safina Project resurrects ancient Iraqi vessels on Euphrates River
June 15, 2019
Young girls at the NGO members of the film established in Libya in 2016 called HERA. (@freedomfields)
‘Freedom Fields’ documentary puts Libyan women back on the world's cinematic stage
June 14, 2019
British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to announce her resignation outside 10 Downing street in central London, May 24. (AFP)
Post-Brexit prospects in the Middle East
June 08, 2019
A 2018 file picture shows Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (C) visiting his father’s grave in Najaf. (Reuters)
Splits in Sadrist camp expose fault lines
June 01, 2019
With utmost care. Volunteers prepapre to serve food at Drapers Bar and Kitchen in Coventry. (Arabian Bites)
Coventry’s refugee-run Arabian Bites showcases cultural diversity in Ramadan
May 18, 2019
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi (R) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a meeting in Baghdad, May 8. (AFP)
Will Iraq find itself caught in the middle of a US-Iran showdown
May 18, 2019
Back in the spotlight. Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah in Amman. (www.alhussein.jo)
Recurring political shakedowns in Jordan as crown prince comes to the fore
May 11, 2019
Deepening uncertainty. A 2013 file picture shows Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah attending a conference at Bayan Palace on the outskirts of Kuwait City. (Reuters)
Kuwait’s modernist drive faces political setbacks
May 04, 2019
Syrian President Bashar Assad (R) meets with Iraqi National Security Adviser Falih Alfayyadh in Damascus, April 14. (AFP)
Syria’s Assad and Iraq’s PMF at the service of Iran
April 27, 2019
Checkmate? An Iraqi street currency exchanger and a customer count Iranian banknotes in Baghdad, March 16. (AP)
Iraq between domestic quandaries and regional concerns
April 13, 2019