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.

KARBALA – Masarat Foundation The Masarat Foundation recently visited the “Faiz Husayni” Association of the Bohra community in the Holy City of Karbala. The visit featured an intellectual and humanitarian dialogue aimed at consolidating the values of coexistence and strengthening shared human commonalities. During the meeting, Sheikh Mohammed Thabit provided a concise presentation on the […]

St. George’s Cathedral of the Greek Orthodox Church in Baghdad hosted a ceremonial event organized by Masarat Foundation, attended by several foundation members and the Farasan Al-Hiwar team, to honor Father Yonan Al-Fareed, the pastor of the Greek Orthodox Church in Baghdad and Secretary of the Council of Christian Denomination Leaders in Iraq. This honor […]

On the occasion of the glorious Christmas holidays and the New Year, Masarat Foundation extends its warmest congratulations and sincerest wishes to all our people, and in particular to Christians in Iraq, recalling their deep-rooted presence in the land of beginnings and their profound role in shaping the modern Iraqi city and building the state. […]

Masarat Foundation for Cultural and Media Development invites members of its General Assembly to attend the annual General Assembly meeting and the electoral conference for the Board of Directors, scheduled to be held on Friday, 16/01/2026, at 10:00 a.m., at the Foundation’s headquarters in Baghdad.

Masarat Foundation for Cultural and Media Development marks the tenth anniversary of the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide, at a global moment that calls for reflection and responsibility toward the challenges that continue to threaten vulnerable communities, despite the passage of more than seventy-seven years since […]

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