Contested City Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Modern Baghdad Fashion we might lose our own

we might lose our own place in this universe

Each project features fully-illustrated step-by-step instructions

14% of MoMA’s 2016 display is by non-white artists

Against a backdrop of escalating armed conflicts and disintegrating state structures

Inspired by found objects

Contested City Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Modern Baghdad Fashion we might lose our ownContested City offers a history of state society relations in Baghdad, exploring how city residents managed through periods of economic growth, sanctions, and war, from the oil boom of the 1950s through the withdrawal of US troops in 2011. Interactions between citizens and their rulers shaped the social fabric and political realities of the city. Notably, low ranking Ba'th party officials functioned as crucial intermediaries, deciding how regime