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Farhad Hassan Abdullah

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ID347912
NAMEFarhad Hassan Abdullah
GIVEN NAMESFarhad Hassan
FAMILY NAMEAbdullah
SIGNATUREABDULLAH F H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Sulaimani
ORCID0000-0002-0388-5567
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS16
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2
  • Political Undesirables

    Farhad Hassan Abdullah, Farhad H A Mamshai•ARTICLE•Asian Affairs•2026

    In Political Undesirables, Zainab Saleh offers a powerful and deeply researched analysis of the ways that citizenship has been used as a technique of governance and exclusion in modern Iraq. Tracin...

  • The Impact of Gender Inequality on Iraq’s Environmental Activism

    Elaine Lok-Lam Yim, Elaine Lok‐Lam Yim et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Contemporary Asia•2026•References: 43

    Despite facing significant environmental issues, environmental activism in Iraq is underdeveloped. Many scholars attribute this to political structural reasons, such as ongoing political instability and the persecution of environmental activists. This article explores the role gender inequality plays in undermining Iraq’s environmental activism, an issue under-explored in the existing literature. Specifically, this article explores the gendered i…

  • Securitization of the 2017 Kurdistan independence referendum

    Open Access•Hawre Hasan Hama, Farhad Hassan Abdullah et al.•ARTICLE•Ethnicities•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 18

    The Kurdish right to self-determination within Iraq has consistently been framed as a security issue by successive Iraqi governments. This paper applies securitization theory to analyze the Iraqi Government’s response to the Kurdistan Region’s unilateral independence referendum held on September 25, 2017. The referendum, which resulted in a strong vote in favor of independence, was viewed as a serious threat to Iraq’s unity by Iraqi Arab politica…

  • “Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier”

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah•ARTICLE•Community Change•2023

  • Party corruption in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah, Farhad Hassan Abdullah Mamshai•ARTICLE•Digest of Middle East Studies•2022•Cited by: 2•References: 10

    Party corruption is not only a problem in developing democracies but also in developed ones. Since its establishment in 1991, corruption among political parties has been a key feature of Kurdish governance in the Kurdistan Region. This corruption can be categorized into two periods, the first from 1991 to 2003, and the second from 2005 to the present, mainly among the ruling parties the KDP and the PUK. These two parties have ruled the region for…

  • Political Parties and the Political System in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Open Access•Hawre Hasan Hama, Farhad Hassan Abdullah•ARTICLE•Journal of Asian and African…•2021•Cited by: 5•References: 19

    The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has a multi-party system which has been held up as a model for democratic pluralism in the whole region. The nature of Kurdistan's political parties is strongly related to the position of Kurds in Iraq. From the mid-twentieth century, the dominant Kurdish political party in Iraq was the Kurdistan Democratic Party; in a later partisan split the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was born. Moreover, in the last three decades …

  • Revolution in Egypt

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah•ARTICLE•Insight on Africa•2020

    This article discusses the application of the resource mobilisation theory (RMT) to clarify the activities of certain key socio-political movements in Egypt. It contends that the political movements in Egypt have utilised social networking sites (SNSs) as a tool for mobilising people and co-ordinating anti-regime activities. It deals with certain political groups prior to and throughout the revolution in Egypt, which played significant roles in r…

  • Minority Representation and Reserved Legislative Seats in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah, Hawre Hasan Hama•ARTICLE•Contemporary Review of the Middle…•2020•Cited by: 1•References: 8

    Ethnic and religious minorities have played a significant role in the long history of Kurdistan. At an official level, their political position was significantly strengthened with the advent of autonomy for the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq in 1992. Most importantly, a quota system was established that reserved seats for several minority groups in the Kurdistan Parliament, often cited as an example of tolerance for diversity and respect for m…

  • The nature of the political system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah, Hawre Hasan Hama•ARTICLE•Asian Journal of Comparative…•2019•Cited by: 2•References: 4

    The Kurdistan region of Iraq has a substantial number of the customary signs of political system, including the various main branches of the state institutions such as executive, courts, and assembly. Since 1991, the Region has established as certain political system that adheres to a commonly acknowledged type of system of government. Some contend that the political system in the region is a presidential system, however with parliament having ha…

  • The Political System in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Farhad Hassan Abdullah•ARTICLE•Asian Affairs•2018•Cited by: 5

    The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) possesses many of the traditional hallmarks of political authority and society, such as state institutions (an Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary), political parties, civil society, elections, and local government. Nevertheless, for the past twenty-five years, it has failed to create a unified political system that adheres to a mutually accepted form of government. Political division, in particular, a rivalry…

  • Political Parties and the Political System in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Open Access•Hawre Hasan Hama, Farhad Hassan Abdullah•ARTICLE•Journal of Asian and African…•2021•Cited by: 5•References: 19

    The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has a multi-party system which has been held up as a model for democratic pluralism in the whole region. The nature of Kurdistan's political parties is strongly related to the position of Kurds in Iraq. From the mid-twentieth century, the dominant Kurdish political party in Iraq was the Kurdistan Democratic Party; in a later partisan split the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was born. Moreover, in the last three decades …

  • The Political System in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Farhad Hassan Abdullah•ARTICLE•Asian Affairs•2018•Cited by: 5

    The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) possesses many of the traditional hallmarks of political authority and society, such as state institutions (an Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary), political parties, civil society, elections, and local government. Nevertheless, for the past twenty-five years, it has failed to create a unified political system that adheres to a mutually accepted form of government. Political division, in particular, a rivalry…

  • Party corruption in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah, Farhad Hassan Abdullah Mamshai•ARTICLE•Digest of Middle East Studies•2022•Cited by: 2•References: 10

    Party corruption is not only a problem in developing democracies but also in developed ones. Since its establishment in 1991, corruption among political parties has been a key feature of Kurdish governance in the Kurdistan Region. This corruption can be categorized into two periods, the first from 1991 to 2003, and the second from 2005 to the present, mainly among the ruling parties the KDP and the PUK. These two parties have ruled the region for…

  • The nature of the political system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah, Hawre Hasan Hama•ARTICLE•Asian Journal of Comparative…•2019•Cited by: 2•References: 4

    The Kurdistan region of Iraq has a substantial number of the customary signs of political system, including the various main branches of the state institutions such as executive, courts, and assembly. Since 1991, the Region has established as certain political system that adheres to a commonly acknowledged type of system of government. Some contend that the political system in the region is a presidential system, however with parliament having ha…

  • Securitization of the 2017 Kurdistan independence referendum

    Open Access•Hawre Hasan Hama, Farhad Hassan Abdullah et al.•ARTICLE•Ethnicities•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 18

    The Kurdish right to self-determination within Iraq has consistently been framed as a security issue by successive Iraqi governments. This paper applies securitization theory to analyze the Iraqi Government’s response to the Kurdistan Region’s unilateral independence referendum held on September 25, 2017. The referendum, which resulted in a strong vote in favor of independence, was viewed as a serious threat to Iraq’s unity by Iraqi Arab politica…

  • Minority Representation and Reserved Legislative Seats in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah, Hawre Hasan Hama•ARTICLE•Contemporary Review of the Middle…•2020•Cited by: 1•References: 8

    Ethnic and religious minorities have played a significant role in the long history of Kurdistan. At an official level, their political position was significantly strengthened with the advent of autonomy for the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq in 1992. Most importantly, a quota system was established that reserved seats for several minority groups in the Kurdistan Parliament, often cited as an example of tolerance for diversity and respect for m…

  • The Political System in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Farhad Hassan Abdullah•ARTICLE•Asian Affairs•2018•Cited by: 5

    The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) possesses many of the traditional hallmarks of political authority and society, such as state institutions (an Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary), political parties, civil society, elections, and local government. Nevertheless, for the past twenty-five years, it has failed to create a unified political system that adheres to a mutually accepted form of government. Political division, in particular, a rivalry…

  • The nature of the political system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah, Hawre Hasan Hama•ARTICLE•Asian Journal of Comparative…•2019•Cited by: 2•References: 4

    The Kurdistan region of Iraq has a substantial number of the customary signs of political system, including the various main branches of the state institutions such as executive, courts, and assembly. Since 1991, the Region has established as certain political system that adheres to a commonly acknowledged type of system of government. Some contend that the political system in the region is a presidential system, however with parliament having ha…

  • Revolution in Egypt

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah•ARTICLE•Insight on Africa•2020

    This article discusses the application of the resource mobilisation theory (RMT) to clarify the activities of certain key socio-political movements in Egypt. It contends that the political movements in Egypt have utilised social networking sites (SNSs) as a tool for mobilising people and co-ordinating anti-regime activities. It deals with certain political groups prior to and throughout the revolution in Egypt, which played significant roles in r…

  • Minority Representation and Reserved Legislative Seats in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah, Hawre Hasan Hama•ARTICLE•Contemporary Review of the Middle…•2020•Cited by: 1•References: 8

    Ethnic and religious minorities have played a significant role in the long history of Kurdistan. At an official level, their political position was significantly strengthened with the advent of autonomy for the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq in 1992. Most importantly, a quota system was established that reserved seats for several minority groups in the Kurdistan Parliament, often cited as an example of tolerance for diversity and respect for m…

  • Political Parties and the Political System in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Open Access•Hawre Hasan Hama, Farhad Hassan Abdullah•ARTICLE•Journal of Asian and African…•2021•Cited by: 5•References: 19

    The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has a multi-party system which has been held up as a model for democratic pluralism in the whole region. The nature of Kurdistan's political parties is strongly related to the position of Kurds in Iraq. From the mid-twentieth century, the dominant Kurdish political party in Iraq was the Kurdistan Democratic Party; in a later partisan split the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was born. Moreover, in the last three decades …

  • Party corruption in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah, Farhad Hassan Abdullah Mamshai•ARTICLE•Digest of Middle East Studies•2022•Cited by: 2•References: 10

    Party corruption is not only a problem in developing democracies but also in developed ones. Since its establishment in 1991, corruption among political parties has been a key feature of Kurdish governance in the Kurdistan Region. This corruption can be categorized into two periods, the first from 1991 to 2003, and the second from 2005 to the present, mainly among the ruling parties the KDP and the PUK. These two parties have ruled the region for…

  • “Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier”

    Open Access•Farhad Hassan Abdullah•ARTICLE•Community Change•2023

  • Securitization of the 2017 Kurdistan independence referendum

    Open Access•Hawre Hasan Hama, Farhad Hassan Abdullah et al.•ARTICLE•Ethnicities•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 18

    The Kurdish right to self-determination within Iraq has consistently been framed as a security issue by successive Iraqi governments. This paper applies securitization theory to analyze the Iraqi Government’s response to the Kurdistan Region’s unilateral independence referendum held on September 25, 2017. The referendum, which resulted in a strong vote in favor of independence, was viewed as a serious threat to Iraq’s unity by Iraqi Arab politica…

  • Political Undesirables

    Farhad Hassan Abdullah, Farhad H A Mamshai•ARTICLE•Asian Affairs•2026

    In Political Undesirables, Zainab Saleh offers a powerful and deeply researched analysis of the ways that citizenship has been used as a technique of governance and exclusion in modern Iraq. Tracin...

  • The Impact of Gender Inequality on Iraq’s Environmental Activism

    Elaine Lok-Lam Yim, Elaine Lok‐Lam Yim et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Contemporary Asia•2026•References: 43

    Despite facing significant environmental issues, environmental activism in Iraq is underdeveloped. Many scholars attribute this to political structural reasons, such as ongoing political instability and the persecution of environmental activists. This article explores the role gender inequality plays in undermining Iraq’s environmental activism, an issue under-explored in the existing literature. Specifically, this article explores the gendered i…

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