Democracy and political developments in Iraq: achievements, challenges, and future prospects

fri09apr8:30 pm9:50 pmDemocracy and political developments in Iraq: achievements, challenges, and future prospects8:30 pm - 9:50 pm(GMT+01:00)

Event Details

Join us online for our programme at https://www.youtube.com/sicmtv/live

Starting at 8:30pm with Qur’an Recitation followed by the main talk by Ambassador Lukman Faily

Don’t forget to join us for Q&A after the talk via zoom and youtube

We are hosting a parallel zoom call using the details below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86288296906?pwd=ZldNY3VVRnVtN2RDSUVjb1V3MDloZz09

Meeting ID: 862 8829 6906
Password: 436929

Time

April 9, 2021 8:30 pm - 9:50 pm(GMT+01:00)

Speaker

Lukman Faily currently works as the official spokesman for the President of the Republic of Iraq Dr Barham Salih. Before that, he served as the Ambassador of Iraq to the United States. He has been a high-profile spokesperson for his government, engaging with high-level political institutions, academia and think tank communities and trade.

 He has regular presence on American, British, Arab and Iraqi media, television and radio networks and social media. He served previously as Iraq’s ambassador to Japan for three years.

 Ambassador Faily lived in Iraq and the United Kingdom and served as a trustee of several Iraqi NGOs and a strong advocated for democracy, dialogue, development and rule of law in Iraq.

Fluent in English, Arabic and Kurdish, Ambassador Faily was born in Baghdad in 1966. He is married and is the father of four boys and a girl. An avid runner, Ambassador Faily participated in a number of marathons including Tokyo in 2012 and 2013, and in the Boston and New York Marathons in 2014.