Articles by Hadani Ditmars

Hadani Ditmars finds a battered and divided country where young people strive for a progressive future.

It's time to end the cosy courtship.

Campaigner Jeff Halper has sent out an appeal on behalf of a Palestinian activist being held by the Israelis.

Listen to NI co-editor Hadani Ditmars being interviewed on the BBC recently.

A photograph of a young Iraqi symbolizes so much in an Iraq which remains in turmoil.

Hadani Ditmars discovers that Baghdad’s past and present are closely linked.

Twelve years of sanctions and seven years of occupation have taken their toll as Iraqis struggle with wrecked infrastructure and continuing insecurity.

Anarchy, violence and nostalgia for a golden age mark Iraqi politics in the run-up to the elections.

Iraqi Christians, once a million strong, face persecution in a post-secular society.

War and underfunding have decimated Iraq’s public health system, once the best in the Arab world.

In a country of widows, women have borne the brunt of years of war, sanctions and occupation.

Despite fatwas and foreign troops, the show in Iraq must go on.

Hadani Ditmars returns to a country where ongoing conflict underscores a humanitarian disaster.

Have a listen to my interview with Berkeley’s KPFA Radio on my recent trip to Baghdad, to research the May issue of New Internationalist - all about Iraq, 7 years after the invasion.

Where next for Iraqi art?

Time to consider the real scandals of the noughties, reckons Hadani Ditmars.

Hadani Ditmars is reminded of these wise words as she prepares to move continents.

In the run-up to Copenhagen, Hadani Ditmars escapes to the great Canadian wilderness to contemplate our fragile environment.

Co-editor Hadani Ditmars has been spreading the word about NI…

A West Coast tale of togetherness.

Hadani Ditmars calls for a return to Islam’s spirit of democracy and pluralism.

NI is chairing a panel discussion on ‘Defining the Culture of Islam in the 21st Century’. Join us!

A walk on the wild side with Hadani Ditmars.

Members of citizens’ groups for peace that attempt to bridge the Israeli-Palestinian divide talk with Hadani Ditmars about why working together brings its own rewards.