The new impacter-article Many Peaces in Iraq: Creating a Foundation for Conflict Transformation Through Peace Studies by the three project coordinators Aala Ali (UNDP Iraq), Adham Hamed (University of Innsbruck) and Muntather Hassan (Iraqi Alamal Association) about the complexities of their joint project “Education for Peace in the Iraqi Higher Education System”, which follows a comprehensive, multi-leveled approach to facilitating peace and reconciliation in the Iraqi Higher Education sector post-ISIL: "If it were the case that families, communities and societies could be fixed like the engine of a broken car, narrowly focusing on the material aspects of conflict might be a sufficient response. However, human relationships are more complex than the mechanistic qualities of an engine and they are not always rational, with messy human traits tied up in our experience, including crucial sexual, emotional, mental and spiritual dimensions that all constitute a part of human existence."
Click here to read the full article on impacter.com