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 AsiaIn Lebanon: new waves of hatred with little solidarityThe needed solidarity with Mashrou’ Leila has unintentionally overshadowed the thousands of Palestinian voices...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThere is a rotten stench coming from LebanonLebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gebran Bassil tweeted as he usually does, yet another series of racist tweets.
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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...
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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,...
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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.