supported the claim that a systematic campaign to kill Iraqi academics existed, stating "His assassination is part of a plan in this country, targeting any intellectual in this country, any free voice." Posthumous award Al-Mayah was posthumously awarded the Train Foundation's Civil Courage Prize, which recognizes "extraordinary heroes of conscience". See also Violence against academics in post-invasion Iraq Pan-Arabism References 1949 births 2004 deaths Iraqi democracy activists Iraqi human rights activists Assassinated Iraqi people Deaths by firearm in Iraq People from Basra Iraqi Arab nationalists People murdered in Iraq Academic staff of Al-Mustansiriya University 2004 murders in Iraq