On Media Development in Iraq

Ammelroy, Anna van (2007). One step forward, ten steps back.


Al Marashi, Ibrahim (2007). The Dynamics of Iraq´s Media


International Media Support (2005): Media development in Iraq. An overview of international support 2003-2005. Kopenhagen: International Media Support


Jayasekera, Rohan (2004). Options for media development in Iraq. London: Index on Censorship


Al Jezairy, Zuhair (2006): The Iraqi Press: the Past and the Challenges of the Future. Kopenhagen: International Media Support


IREX (2006): Media Soustainability Index - Iraq.


Al-Zubaidi, Layla (Hrsg.) (2004). Walking a Tightrope. News Media & Freedom of Expression in the Arab Middle East. Beirut: Heinrich Böll Foundation.


Arab Press Freedom Watch (2003). Working with Iraqi Journalists: Towards a Free and Independent Media. Berlin/Kairo: Arab Press Freedom Watch


Article 19 (2007). Free Speech in Iraq. Recent Developments. London: Article 19


Baltic Media Center, IWPR, Index on Censorship,IMS (2003). A New Voice in the Middle East: A Provisional Needs Assessment.


BBC World Service Trust (2003). Iraq Media Audit. Eight City Report. The Current State of the Broadcast Media in Iraq. London. BBC World Service Trust.


Cazes, Séverine (2003). The Iraqi media: 25 years of relentless repression. Paris: Reporters without Borders





Articles by MICT (Anja Wollenberg)

Bridging the Gap between Education and the Working Realities of Journalists. Paper presented at the DW Global Media Forum in Bonn (June 2008)


(2008) Die Meinungsmacher und ihre Widersacher ­ Entwicklung und Status der Medienproduktion im Irak nach 2003 (deutsch)


(2008) Tretminen im Blätterwald ­ wie die neuen Grenzen der Meinungsfreiheit im Irak mit Waffengewalt befestigt werden (deutsch)


(2007) „The Quality of Dialogue has Improved“. Interview with Ahmad al-Rikabi. In: In: MICT (Hrsg.) Media on the Moove. A Reader on Iraqi Media and Media Law. Amman: Friedrich Ebert Foundation


(2007) Menschen mit schmutzigen Händen. Interview mit Ali Witwit, von Anja Wollenberg.. In: Polar Nr. 4. Campus Verlag


(2007) After the Fall of the Regime: Orientation and Motivation of Young Adults in Baghdad. In: Sonja Hegasy and Elke Kaschl (Hrsg.) Changing Values among Youth. Examples from the Arab World and Germany. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag.


(2007) Communication concepts of Iraqi Radio Broadcasters. In: MICT (Hrsg.) Media on the Moove. A Reader on Iraqi Media and Media Law. Amman: Friedrich Ebert Foundation


(2006) Die Wanderung des UKW-Dialers. Zur Mediensituation im Irak. In: Polar Nr. 1. Campus Verlag

(2006) Supporting Iraqi radio Journalists (Interview with Anja Wollenberg)





About Iraq

Iraqi Presidency


Iraqi Parliament


Iraqi government


Kurdish Regional Government


Iraqi politics and culture (by MICT)


Aswat Al Iraq (News Agency Iraq)


Reidar Visser on political development in the South of Iraq


International Crisis Group on Iraq


The Brookings Institution - Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq


UNAMI ­ United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq