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INTERVIEW: Life Under IS In Ramadi

By James Menendez, January 2, 2016

BBC WORLD SERVICE: Iraqi law enforcement bribery; life on Death Row; Lars Ulrich on Lemmy; and President Xi’s rap debut. Zaid’s interview begins at minute 7.

Meet the Author

Zaid Al-Ali has been practicing law since 1999, specializing in international commercial arbitration and comparative constitutional law.

Author Zaid Al-Ali and his wife Rouba Beydoun during a dust storm in Iraq in 2010.

He has law degrees from Harvard Law School, the Université de Paris I (Sorbonne), and King’s College London. From 2005 to 2010, he was a legal adviser to the United Nations focusing on constitutional, parliamentary, and judicial reform in Iraq. Since the beginning of 2011, he has been working on constitutional reform throughout the Arab region, in particular in Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. He has published widely on Iraq and on constitutional law.

@FadilAliriza but i'm a bit confused by ur focus on dialect. if someone speaks fluent libyan or egyptian and under… https://t.co/186Eg2QD3b about 49 minutes ago in reply to FadilAliriza
@FadilAliriza what about people who spend a lot of time in county, speak a different dialect but understand the local dialect? about 3 hours ago in reply to FadilAliriza
@MedDhiaH Yes I saw that you wrote that but I can’t understand how that provision is applicable here. about 14 hours ago in reply to MedDhiaH
@MedDhiaH What does article 89 have to do with it? about 14 hours ago in reply to MedDhiaH
@rania_tn This isn’t a constitutional provision about 19 hours ago in reply to rania_tn
@SumitaPahwa @Shanfaraa i can't remember exact timeline but i do remember that some (mainly foreign) commentators a… https://t.co/nohFsyNzQO 10:05:41 PM July 28, 2021 in reply to SumitaPahwa
@SumitaPahwa @Shanfaraa @HousemTuninDian there was no way they were ever going to dominate parliament - the best re… https://t.co/79dgteBdKf 09:54:51 PM July 28, 2021 in reply to SumitaPahwa
@VivianHYee why were u detained? 07:43:30 PM July 28, 2021 in reply to VivianHYee
@Shanfaraa @HousemTuninDian all i'll say in this forum is that, for the most part, the wording of article 80 is ver… https://t.co/TkvdewGCnp 07:27:24 PM July 28, 2021 in reply to Shanfaraa
@Shanfaraa @HousemTuninDian nahda's starting position during the negotiations was in favor of a fully parliamentary… https://t.co/B0jxn9cOjV 07:20:51 PM July 28, 2021 in reply to Shanfaraa

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