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.

Masarat Foundation for Cultural and Media Development awarded the Positive Digital Impact Certificate to Sayyid Dr. Zaid Bahr Al-Uloom in recognition of his role in promoting a moderate, hate-free digital discourse throughout 2025. A special recognition ceremony was held at Dar Al-Ilm of Imam Al-Khoei in Najaf, opening with a speech by Dr. Saad Salloum, […]

The 2025 Annual Report of the Center for Monitoring and Countering Hate Speech at Masarat Foundation revealed significant developments in Iraq’s digital landscape, documenting an ongoing struggle between the organized “engineering of hate” designed to deepen social divisions and a growing civil society and academic movement working to protect pluralism and civic space. The report […]

In a deeply moving humanitarian moment, the Yazidi community today welcomed survivor Jamila Babir Hajim, who regained her freedom after eleven years of abduction and enforced disappearance in the captivity of the terrorist group ISIS, following its attack on Sinjar District in 2014. Jamila was only a child when she was taken from her village […]

As part of efforts aimed at promoting dialogue and confronting hate speech among Iraqi communities, Saad Salloum, General Coordinator of Masarat Foundation, met with Dana Asaad, the political representative of Qubad Talabani in Baghdad and Head of the Secretariat of President Mam Jalal. The meeting discussed a number of issues of mutual interest, most notably […]

Baghdad – April 24, 2026 Masarat Foundation for Cultural and Media Development affirmed, during its participation in the events marking the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Baghdad at Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church, its continued commitment to documenting major human tragedies, highlighting its research and organizational legacy that extends for more than a […]

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