Walid el Houri is a researcher, journalist, and filmmaker living between Berlin and Beirut. He is lead editor of the North Africa West Asia (NAWA) section at openDemocracy, and an affiliated fellow at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin. He completed his PhD in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. His research deals with protest movements and the question of failure in politics.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThere is nothing shocking about the massacre of Muslims in New ZealandIt is easy to ignore the context that made this crime possible.
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Published in: نوىدعوة إلى تقديم المقالات: الاستماع إلى ليبيا – التّدخّل وآثارهتسعى صفحة نوى إلى نقل نظرة معمّقة عن الوضع في ليبيا من خلال دعوة الكتّاب والقرّاء الليبيين إلى الإدلاء بآرائهم والتعبير عن أفكارهم وتقديم مقالات بالإضافة إلى اقتراح قراءات متعلّقة بهذا الشأن.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCall for submissions: Listening to Libya – Intervention and its aftermathNAWA seeks to provide a deeper look into Libya by inviting Libyan writers, and readers to submit their thoughts, articles and pitches but also their reading recommendations to us.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLebanon: between normalised violence and a politics of kindnessIt is hard to ignore the level of xenophobia and violence, verbal and physical, that exists today in Lebanon.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaArab Awakening is now North Africa West Asia (NAWA)The Arab Awakening section on openDemocracy will now be called North Africa West Asia (NAWA) a name that better reflects the scope of our coverage and the diversity of this region.