AGSIW | Arab Shia Communities in Transition: A Peacemaking Opportunity for the International Community?

Arab Shia Communities in Transition: A Peacemaking Opportunity for the International Community?

A poster of Shia spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, right, and Arabic that reads, "Love of the country bonds us together," is hung in a site of protests, in Najaf, Iraq, February 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

This report is based on the discussions held during a workshop co-hosted with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung on Shia communities in Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.