Focusing on narratives of the people, As sectarianism continues to play an important role in Iraqi politics today, we want to shed light on the time when sectarianism in Iraq was in its most violent time, which is after the US invasion from 2006-2009. With no social media or mobile phones in Iraq at that time, little has been archived. We would like to highlight what happened among us, how militias started to gain power and become violent and how this led to their rule today. How did they manipulate society? How did they divide different groups in society?

Aqeel Al-Tamimi: An Iraqi political researcher who works with the Democratic Civil Alliance. He participated in the political and protest process and is a leading member of the Iraqi Council for Peace and Solidarity.