Masarat

Masarat is Non-Profit organization focusing on minorities, collective memory Studies and interfaith dialogue, registered in the department of non-governmental organizations in Iraq under the number IZ72908

Masarat issued dedicated magazine to the study cultural diversity in Iraq and the Arab world, the first issue was published on April 9, 2005.

Also Masarat publish specialized books studies in the field of cultural diversity, literature, history and sociology in the objective to promote cultural development in Iraq and the Arab world.

Masarat produced a series of documentary films dealing with minority rights and public freedoms, these films helped in covering issues neglected by the official and Non official in the Goal of establishing “Cinema of civil society”

Masarat was at the front of many civil initiatives such as the civil initiative to preserve the Constitution, 2010, the National Campaign for the Defense of Civil Society 2009, the initiative of civil peace 2012, also  one of the founders of the of Muslim-Christian dialogue 2010-2012, and Masarat established Iraqi Council for Interfaith Dialogue 2013.

Board Members

Saad Saloom

Ali Tahir Al-Hamood

Amina Al-Thahabi

Alaa Hameed Edrees

Atheer Nathum Al-Jasoor

Consultation Committee Members

Father Dr.Yosif Toma: Editor in Chief /Al-Fikir Al- Masihi(Christian Thoughts)Magazine and founder of Baghdad Acadimy for Human Studies

Dr.Abdul Jabbar Al-Rifaee: Editor in Chief/Contemporary Islamic Issues Magazin and Manager of Philosophy of Religion Center

Father Dr.Ameer Jaji: Advisor of the Pontifical Council for Islamic-Christian dialogue

Mufeed Al-Jazaiiry: President of the Assembly to support the Iraqi culture and former Minister of Culture

Sayyed Jawad al-Khoei: Assistant Secretary General of the Al-Khoei Foundation.

Participants in the Dialogue Camp “We Remain and Rise” toured the landmarks of the city of Al-Zubair within their camp held in the city of Basra. The campers visited the Mosque of the Step of Imam Ali and learned about the history of the place and its symbolic and archaeological significance. This place is considered […]

Camp participants in Basra discussed within the “With Dialogue We Remain and Elevate” program the role of educational institutions in promoting dialogue as a mechanism for building peace and accepting others. This took place during a meeting with participants in the camp, which is implemented by Masarat Foundation in partnership with the House of Coexistence […]

The participants, who arrived from the cities of Sinjar and Baghdad, were joined by a number of activists from Basra. They began their camp hosted by theater director and visual artist Mohammed Al-Amara, who provided a clear and comprehensive vision of the city’s history, its symbols, and the relationships among its components, as well as […]

One of the largest cities in Iraq, and the most diverse in terms of religion, nationality, and ethnicity. The smiling port of Iraq (as it is called) is characterized by its diversity, with its Muslim population consisting of both Shia and Sunni, and there is the Sheikhly sect, which has the large Mousawi Mosque in […]

After a journey that began at the international train station in Baghdad, the Dialogue Knights team arrived in the city of Maqal in Basra after nearly ten hours of travel by train. The second leg of the journey begins with the Dialogue and Understanding the Other camp, which will take place in the cities of […]

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