Hussein Dawood
is a Journalist, Analyst and Adviser and a Specialist in political and security issues, with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science. He works on fact checking, fake news and the impact of social networking sites on societies.
For the last 12 years he has been writing on politics and security in Iraq, on the challenges of communities living under the threat of extremists and armed groups, and on how to achieve peaceful coexistence and transitional justice. He is a senior political reporter and analyst of the Niqash website, and editor of political and security news for Al-Hayat Arab newspaper. His activities include monitoring media and how they maintain professional standards in countries of emerging democracy.
