Politics has seeped into all forms of expression two weeks after Iraq's election, while politicians are busy forming blocs for a government.
Since the US invasion which overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein 15 years ago - Iraqis have been going through one crisis after the other.
But creative Iraqis have continued their work despite a myriad of problems.
Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Javaid reports from Baghdad, where he spoke to some Iraqis who say art is a powerful tool for holding those in power, new and old, to account.
