Sadr‘s ability to mobilise a crowd of close to 100,000 demonstrates his ability to reinvent himself, once again, in Iraq‘s post-2003 political landscape. In Sadr‘s latest political incarnation, he has embraced the politics of protest to become both an anti-politician and king-maker. His latest rally is symbolic of his political movement‘s evolution over a decade, a reflection of the vicissitudes of Iraq‘s politics since 2003.