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Akeel Abbas

Akeel Abbas is an Iraqi academic and journalist. He holds a Ph.D. in cultural studies from Purdue University.

An Iraqi child walks past a poster of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Sadr City in Baghdad on Oct. 17, 2021.

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Employees of the Independent High Electoral Commission conduct a partial manual recount of votes for the Oct. 10 parliamentary elections, Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 23, 2021.

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The secretary-general of the Arab Project, National Axis Alliance, Khamis al-Khanjar (2nd-R), arrives at the presidential palace in Baghdad on Feb. 27, 2019.

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Iraq Sadr

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Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi leaves Downing Street after a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Oct. 22, 2020 in London, England.

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