Shivan Fazil is a Researcher with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at SIPRI. His work focuses on conflict analysis, building resilience and social cohesion and promoting the rights of ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq, where he worked for over 5 years with various governmental and non-governmental organizations.
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Governance & Democracy | Middle East
“They Hear Us But They Do Not Listen to Us”: Youth Narratives on Hope and Despair in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
The research paper zooms in on the perspectives of young urban university students across the Kurdistan region of Iraq. We focus on young people (mostly university students) from four urban localities (Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok, and Halabja). Our aim was to understand their perspectives about the purpose and quality of education, and the challenges they face.