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The ISIS Genocide Declaration: What Next? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/a2666b3e-b332-404f-84b0-f7805262a334/Nadia+Murad+at+USIP_NM+00406-X3.jpg Home Moderating a public discussion with Nobel Prize Laureate Nadia Murad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/f7fe0d62-a9d2-4622-85e0-5db781d73fe4/MKGC4751.JPG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed speaking about the situation of Iraqi minorities on a panel at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/ef379ee1-cb9f-403d-98a3-aab4f8594b47/089efdc4-258a-460b-ac9e-0c3d1724f1b0.jpg Home Meeting with Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/8331ca46-6319-4e36-a887-73b957a49b55/3e001aa1-f357-4801-9799-1bf8c8f75059.jpg Home Meeting with Iraq's National Security Advisor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/18339e60-67bd-469b-993c-b742e4917cff/IMG_2969.JPG Home Meeting with Iraq's Speaker of the Council of Representatives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/8ba08ec5-510d-45cd-81bc-a89186521056/fd895b99-fe9b-49d0-b6f3-640690191db9.jpg Home Meeting with Iraq's Minister of Justice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/fb797860-7dc5-432d-9f26-c11728a1868b/6bc083d5-7ac4-4f21-bfcd-3706e08eddd9.jpg Home Sarhang Hamasaeed on a panel discussion at the Middle East Research Institute along with United States, Canada and Germany's Ambassadors to Iraq. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/7612907e-3fd7-4268-9bbb-039356679c2d/39bcd233-ebbd-4fc6-9084-02b1db6c6ccd.jpg Home Meeting with Iraq's Minister of Migration and Displacement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/21d320b5-630f-411e-87ad-e6f6dcfe6b27/50ac9c15-f910-415e-a55a-5dd79eaac255.jpg Home Speaking at the Foreign Terrorist Fighters Working Group of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/94c498a5-a4f3-48c1-8a08-3240862f4080/d5f0e148-a376-408a-923c-4c7f5ae08504.jpg Home Sarhang Hamasaeed on a panel discussion at the Middle East Research Institute along with United States, Canada and Germany's Ambassadors to Iraq. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/1193dac2-2df5-413a-8549-220995ba6db4/IMG_0344.JPEG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed meeting with Bayan Sami Abdulrahman, Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/7f7b9a36-8557-4d7e-937f-4ab88b7643f8/IMG_0350.JPEG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed meeting with Dr. Amanj Raheem, Secretary of the Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan Regional Government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/95e20b1c-b4b5-4d4b-936f-ef24405b4007/IMG_0354.JPEG Home Meeting with the Head of the Kurdistan Region Judicial Council https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/2142e2f7-846e-495f-b454-95ad4264945d/IMG_0361.JPEG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed meeting with Niyaz Barzani, Head of Foreign Affairs at the Presidency of the Kurdistan Region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/20f9b843-d11e-4eef-bea9-0c5b166541a5/IMG_0415.JPG Home Meeting with the Governor of Ninewa in Iraq https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/9616fd62-3d9a-4f7b-96fb-7eea8786e14b/IMG_4151.JPG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed speaking on a panel at the Middle East Peace and Security Forum at the American University of Kurdistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/5fe46b27-c13d-4853-8b3f-3ac46691c029/IMG_4549.JPG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed moderating a panel discussion on the situation of the Yazidis/Ezidis and other minorities in Iraq. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/64397079-b2a8-44ad-af49-4622bb08992c/986be59a-3875-4e63-bdc8-861d46dea451.jpg Home Sarhang Hamasaeed speaking on the threat of ISIS at a Working Group meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. Kuwait, May 24, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/ed214ed5-13c3-4744-a5b5-025e9e8b2f0b/8717ab6c-fbc0-4ed3-9f96-12706204e670.jpg Home Meeting with Yemen's Ambassador Mohammed Al-Hadhrami https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/268a37e9-b0a7-4f24-8511-67f29b965e73/image1.jpeg Home Sarhang Hamasaeed interview with Al-Hurra satellite channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/3ed3232f-7823-472b-b56c-15fa59f0a90d/IMG_0366.JPEG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed meeting with Aziz Ahmed, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/f7b215de-fd7f-46f2-acd7-ad01960cd062/IMG_2097.PNG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed interview with Al-Hadath satellite channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/8c1b1e29-ed58-4513-83ad-4781ed42b88a/IMG_2494.PNG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed interview with Al-Hadath satellite channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/24019c2b-b823-4733-9019-09da6ab28ba9/IMG_3478.PNG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed interview with Al-Hadath satellite channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/ca607098-40b9-499e-b421-157209e73bed/IMG_3685.PNG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed participating in a news analysis TV Show on Al-Hurra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/3ad4f64a-fecc-4d99-a87f-7777878ee8c8/IMG_3816.PNG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed participating in a news analysis TV Show on Al-Jazeera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/8b9fcb2d-804e-4dfd-be10-900c711d95e1/IMG_3867.PNG Home Interview with Al-Hurra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/2c80732e-3f5e-41d4-a3a7-66277ab81c5f/IMG_4002.PNG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed participating in a news analysis TV Show on Al-Hurra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/4687654d-35e0-4d39-a105-a869881909a9/IMG_4320.PNG Home Participating in news analysis show on Al-Hurra TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/665d11e1-e2ed-4516-8956-966117f7d872/IMG_3015.JPG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed speaking at the graduation ceremony of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. May 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/870263a5-7254-4aec-85fc-8ea828adf3af/IMG_3344.JPG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed speaking on a panel at MED Forum, Rome, Italy 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/b76a2e8e-56f2-4a3b-809f-accaa1d6f967/IMG_4415.JPEG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed meeting with the General Secretary of the High Council for Women and Development, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/3ad9ad74-d9ea-4805-a1c0-80b6991a3246/IMG_4570.JPG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed with the Govorner of Ninewa, the Prince of the Yazidis (Ezidis) and other leaders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/2c21502f-505e-41be-9c18-e8e67957a6ea/USIP_al-Abadi09502-X2_2.jpg Home Hosting Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/b87a908b-414d-426d-a7c8-f846e9fca621/IMG_3914.JPG Home Public discussion with President of Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/f46a6b24-3fa6-4a7e-ae42-ddc3c4405794/12dcdc86-c67a-4479-ab38-f12ff8653b1d.JPG Home Meeting Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/2b2bd4ee-84e7-46c4-be05-84e30c2175c1/IMG_4936.JPG Home Sarhang Hamasaeed Meeting with the President of the Republic of Iraq. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67fee66d9b5ad83e1140a67f/1ab665d6-fb02-4767-bf77-6f1dca7fcd5e/986be59a-3875-4e63-bdc8-861d46dea451.jpg https://sarhanghamasaeed.com/videos daily 0.75 2025-12-27