Contested City Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Modern Baghdad Fashion Inspired by found objects

Inspired by found objects

These writings emerged at the intersections of important historical phenomena: on the one hand

we might lose our own place in this universe

connoting pride in their individual heritages while simultaneously appropriating and integrating ideas and narratives of Arab and Iraqi nationalism

Contested City Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Modern Baghdad Fashion Inspired by found objectsContested City offers a history of state society relations in Baghdad, exploring how city residents managed through periods of economic growth, sanctions, and war, from the oil boom of the 1950s through the withdrawal of US troops in 2011. Interactions between citizens and their rulers shaped the social fabric and political realities of the city. Notably, low ranking Ba'th party officials functioned as crucial intermediaries, deciding how regime