MASARAT Magazine: A cultural intellectual magazine published by MCMD. It covers cultural pluralism issues in Iraq and the Arab world. Its first issue was published on 9 April 2005. – Minorities & Groups: A number of issues concerned with minorities in Iraq were published, including: issue no. 2 on Yazidis, no. 9 on Mandaeans, no. 13 on the Jews, no. 14 on Christians, no. 15 on Shiites as a minority in the Middle East, no. 16 on minorities map in Iraq, and no. 17 on Shiites in Iraq. – Societal Challenges: It also addressed cultural issues concerned with the current challenges in Iraq, such as issue No. 8 on the question of identity, No. 10 on the war on Iraq from a cultural perspective, and No. 5 on aesthetics of place in Iraq. – Reform and Enlightenment: MCMD has also brought out a number of issues dealing with reform and enlightenment, including, issue no.1 on cultural criticism from Ali Wardi to Abdullah Ghathami, no. 3 on new historicism and re-writing history, no. 4 on memory and oblivion, no. 6 on rationalism in Iraq’s cultural history, and no. 11 on religious reform in Iraq. 
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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 […]
