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Who Decides What Is Remembered? Memory, Reconciliation, and the Politics of Silence in Post-Conflict Mosul

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Jul 17, 2025
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Old Mosul, Jul 12, 2018, @ Saad Hadi

In societies emerging from the devastation of war and conflicts, memory is not simply a matter of the past—it is a political and ethical battleground. To speak of memory is to speak of power: who remembers, what is remembered, and who gets to forget. In post-conflict reconstruction programs—particularly those aimed at…

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