Maha Yassin

May 8, 2024 | profiletree.com | Maha Yassin

In the bustling world of food industry startups, new brands must quickly establish a presence to captivate an increasingly saturated market. Digital advertising plays a pivotal role in this process, offering a plethora of tactics to reach targets more efficiently and with greater precision. New food brands must craft a strategy that resonates with their unique audience.

Sep 12, 2023 | tcf.org | Husam Sobhi |Safaa Khalaf |Maha Yassin |Mac Skelton

After the U.S. invasion and the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003, Iraqi politics coalesced around the identity groupings of the exile opposition: Shia Arabs, Sunni Arabs, Kurds, and smaller minority groups. As factions competed for power during the following two decades, rivals in each community never even tried to distinguish themselves by politics or ideology.

Sep 3, 2023 | auis.edu.krd | Maha Yassin

IntroductionEvery year, the local government in Basra gives public sector employees a “heat holiday” when temperatures hit or exceed 50 degrees Celsius, an approach that has been adopted by other cities across the country. This policy is designed to make summer months more tolerable for government workers, but it only offers limited comfort. By staying at home, the employees endure long hours of power outages and increased air and noise pollution from privately operated, diesel generators.

Sep 1, 2023 | tcf.org | Safaa Khalaf |Maha Yassin |Mac Skelton |Zeinab F. Shuker

Water resources in Iraq face critical challenges that threaten their sustainability and have a profound impact on the livelihoods of the population and the environment. In the past four years, the country has experienced a deeply concerning decline in water sources and a noticeable degradation in water quality, which have affected the viability of agriculture in certain areas. Iraq is at the epicenter of a global drought crisis.

Aug 30, 2023 | tcf.org | Maha Yassin |Mac Skelton |Zeinab F. Shuker |Armenak Tokmajyan

In Iraq, climate change and water scarcity—two closely interlinked crises—are fueling the growth of new types of violence with some alarming characteristics: a state of chronic fragility, fierce struggles over power, weak institutional security, the growing armed power of factions and tribes, and the immiseration of large segments of the population.