Many student groups have contributed to the process of political change. Many independent student movements were formed, which were independent of any political parties or government control, and which ultimately played an important role in the October uprising.

We would like to shed light on the students’ narratives about the political events that took place in those uprisings, and to know the students’ point of view in general towards the sectarian system. In face of the repression students are facing, specifically the left-leaning students, it is important to archive and preserve their oral history.  These interviews will be conducted with and in cooperation with the most important independent student organization currently, the Iraqi Students Union.

This episode is about the student movement from 2003 until the October uprising, narrated to us by student activist Abdullah Salam, one of the founders of the Iraqi Student Union, which is one of the largest student unions in Iraq.