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Maggy Zanger

Maggy Zanger, a former assistant editor of Middle East Report, is professor at the University of Arizona School of Journalism.

Current Analysis

The US and the Kurds of Iraq

As the winds of war steadily gather strength in the West, the Iraqi Kurds walk a tightrope between US interests and Iraqi government threats. Recognizing that it has little control over US decision-making, the Kurdish leadership is struggling to strike a delicate balance between a US-led "regime cha

Maggy Zanger • 6 min read

MER Article

Refugees in Their Own Country

Six bodies uncovered in February during construction on an old Iraqi army base in Iraqi Kurdistan were grim reminders of the Ba'th regime's past genocidal policies towards the Kurds. "The past is ever present in Kurdistan," as one Kurdish journalist says. But little reminder is needed of past atroci

Maggy Zanger • 11 min read