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Filip Sommer

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Filip Sommer is a Ph.D. candidate at Charles University in Prague, focusing on Iraq, Syria, and the wider Middle East. He is also a director of the Prague Center for Middle East Relations (PCMR). He has previously been published in publications such as  Middle East Policy and British Journal for Middle Eastern Studies.

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The Ninevah Governorate Building in Mosul, Iraq - source: Reuters
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