Middle East Research and Information Project

Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Herbert Docena

Herbert Docena works with Focus on the Global South, a policy research center based in Bangkok. In 2003-2004, he spent two months based at the Occupation Watch Center in Baghdad.

MER Article

Silent Battalions of Democracy

Sheikh Majid al-Azzawi was one proud Iraqi. His office, surrounded by sandbags, barbed wire and tall concrete walls, looked more like a military base than an administrative building. But even the pitch-black darkness that swirled in the corridors most of the day did not dampen al-Azzawi’s spirits. “

Herbert Docena • 21 min read