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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFighting COVID-19 in war-torn Libya: local initiatives might be the answerSuffering from war, a weak economy and a nearly non-existent healthcare system, how can Libya fight a pandemic?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyrian cinema: motion picture in the age of transformationThe image can be an act of resistance and testimony that helps to understand the origins and development of the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWalls and weapons can’t stop a virus: priorities must change!The lessons learned from this crisis and for other possible future disasters, is that reform has become vital.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab world between a formidable virus and a repressive stateWhat does the coronavirus pandemic spell for democracy in the Arab world?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA call for sanity and tolerance in Iran at a time of national emergencyAn open letter to Iran’s head of judiciary and deputy leader of Iran’s council of experts, Hojat-ol Eslam Ebrahim Raissi.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCOVID-19 in Iraq: the virus of social inequalityThe coronavirus is above all a fight against the corrupt state and the social inequalities produced by it.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSectarianism will not defeat coronavirus: no one is immuneAre religious ideologues on coronavirus threatening to tear apart the much needed human solidarity to overcome the pandemic?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen: the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the war torn countryThe 5th anniversary of the war in Yemen is a time for stock taking about the changes in the past year and prospects...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat the coronavirus outbreak means for thousands of Palestinian refugees in LebanonWithout access to health care, anxieties and fear intensified as refugees face the increasing threat of a COVID-19 outbreak.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCasualties of ‘war on terror’ in Iraq: life, security and libertyMapping the conflict and its casualties can change our understanding of this war and any war.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPalestine: Olive trees don’t catch coronavirusWhile the world struggles to face the coronavirus pandemic, the Israeli army scrambles to uproot olive trees.
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia‘Bots’ and bans: social media and regime propaganda in the Middle EastRegimes in the Middle East are constantly evolving their propaganda strategies to keep up with the new forms of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow do Syrian directors see censorship today?Towards a new understanding of censorship, and its impact on Syrian cinema.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA matter of life or death: Syrian journalists have nowhere to turnIn Syria, journalists report the news while facing threats from all sides of the war. Now we must do our part to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWelcome to the Palestine archipelagoTrump’s so called “deal of the century” is an assault on the Palestinian narrative even before it is an assault on...
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Published in: Global ExtremesIs Al-Azhar pushing the envelope?Shaykh al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayyib criticised the state of Arabs and Muslims worldwide – including, one presumes, its rulers.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEthiopians in Lebanon: between revolution and slaveryThe Ethiopian government continues to sidestep taking any meaningful action to rescue citizens trapped in revolution...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe deal of the century: any chance of an honest broker?Established in 2002, the Quartet’s mandate was to help mediate a Middle East peace. It has not done very well up until now.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWho will Palestinians vote for in the Israeli elections?Palestinians in Israel vote for the Joint List in reaction to official racism, international events, and to take...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMubarak dead: the age of silenceMubarak’s reign, the revolt against it, and all the tragedies that followed, remain as a stark reminder of what...