The time of talking is past, was the message from a forum held in Duhok,
with participants complaining that all conferences held since 2003 on
reconciliation did not prevent the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS).
“We have to do it together, and we have to do it ourselves,” was the
mood at the International Forum on Recovery, Stabilization and Peace in
Nineveh, that brought together activists, scholars, politicians and
students at the recently opened American University of Duhok.
“Why do we need international organisations to build peace? We have to
put words into actions,” as one of the participants, a young Sunni woman
from Mosul, said.
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