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False freedoms

  • May Witwit
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

It is hard to appreciate freedom until you experience losing it. It may be difficult for someone born in a democracy to understand, but it's somewhat like comparing what a wild bird feels when locked in a cage, as opposed to a bird born in captivity that regards a cage as its natural environment. When I am asked about academic freedom in Iraq, it is this parallel that leaps to mind. As a former lecturer at the University of Baghdad who has recently completed a PhD in the UK, I have felt the difference acutely.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 127-133

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Index on Censorship (Volume 41, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/09/2012

Publication status

Published - 01/09/2012

ISSN

0306-4220

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/603743
  • Scopus: 84874097629

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