The Tahrir Association for Development is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization. It was established in May 2003 in the city of Mosul. It was established based on the prevailing environment at that time, where there was a great reluctance from the political and civil participation of the population for various reasons, as well as an increase in societal tensions between followers of different religions, sects, sects and languages ​​due to the nature of the divisions that followed the political and security changes that occurred. That year.