Iraq Leadership Fellows

  On March 15, 2023, three ILF alumni joined the Sulaimani Forum as speakers. The three alumni, Zahra Al-Sadr (Vice President of the General Committee of the National Hikma Movement), Samiya Shinghali (Sinjari Poet & Activist), and Shivan Fazil (Researcher,...

On October 31, 2022, the ILF Program celebrated the graduation of its fifth cohort in Erbil. The ceremony awarded graduation certificates to the 50 participants who completed the program in 2022. The event capped a year-long program that included leadership...

On May 28, 2022, the ILF held a reunion to gather graduates from the previous cohorts of the program. The event, which was attended by ILF 80 alumni from all over Iraq, provided opportunities for graduates to exchange best practices...

This week, the application form for the fifth class of the Iraq Leadership Fellows (ILF) Program was launched via the ILF website. This ILF is implemented by the Institute for International and Regional Studies (IRIS) at the American University of...

On Friday, December 5, 2020, the Iraq Leadership Fellows program concluded the third training session for the 2019/2020 cohort. The session, held online to mitigate the risks of the Covid-19 pandemic, involved intensive training on Adaptive Leadership with the expert...

On Friday, 18th of September 2020, the fellows gathered online to participate in the activities of the second workshop of Iraq Leadership Fellows 2019-2020. With continuous funding and support from KAS, DT Institute, and IRIS, the ILF initiative seeks to...

With the exacerbation of the economic crisis caused mainly by the COVID-19 pandemic on the families of low-income and vulnerable groups in the Iraqi society, the role that civil society leaders play in their communities has become increasingly important. These...

The Fellows of ILF 2019-2020 took part in an interactive online discussion titled "The Iraqi Constitution: Merely Amendments or Fundamental Changes". Considering the increasing demands happening lately about amending or canceling some of the Iraqi Constitution articles, the Iraq Leadership...

The Iraq Leadership Fellows (ILF) program organized a closed online session that brought together the third cohort of the program with Dr. Maria Fantappé, Special Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa at the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue. The...

The Iraq Leadership Fellows (ILF) Program 2019-2020 was launched on Friday, November 22, 2019, starting with its first workshop. The four-day workshop, hosted at the American University of Iraq, Sulaymaniyah (AUIS), was attended by forty-eight fellows. The fellows were selected...