Under the title of "Iraqi National Project: Opportunities and Challenges", Al Jazeera Centre for Studies has held a closed panel discussion hosting the Iraqi political historian and writer Dr. Sayar Al-Jamel. This discussion has been sought to answer a number of questions that occupy the interests of Iraqis and inspire concerns and fears of the Arab Regional environment about the future of this important Arab country, and its ability to recover from the current crisis.

This discussion has focused on discussing the effecting and affected sides of the regional situations surrounding Iraq, as well as the opportunities' success of Iraqi factions to reach a national project that provides a basis for Coexistence among different Iraqi factions and preserves Iraqi sovereignty.

It has also addressed the challenges facing this national project, in the light of the fragmentation and disruption situation that affected the Iraqi social structure and regional and international projects conflicting in the region.