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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisia’s new constitution: progress and challenges to comeMost Tunisians agree that their new constitution is an advance, despite the imperfections. The people’s new...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPhotojournalism in the Palestinian TerritoriesYoung photographers are risking their lives to show the outside world the reality of Israel's occupation of the West...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?End the hypocrisy of European arms deals in the Middle EastEarlier this month the South Korean export agency announced that, following an international campaign supported by...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaState and revolution
The Arab world, after analyzing the nature of states in the Middle East, needs to find its own indigenous path to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTaming Tahrir (Part 2): re-appropriating Al-Midan and co-opting memory
By replacing the cement block with gates, the regime is not only curtailing the infrastructure of protest and...
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Published in: openSecurityTurkey’s new internet law: policing the online mallSince the protests in Gezi Park eight months ago freedom of expression has coming under increasing attack, both on...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe inconvenient truth about child brides
It is easy for states to ratify all the necessary conventions and take all the necessary legal steps in outlawing...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCorruption, the common denominator in Tunisia
An ordinary citizen in Tunisia must ask if the new constitution will change anything in the near future. There are...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWashington’s military aid to Israel: fake peace process, real war process
Will Americans ever acknowledge their government's active role in destroying the chances for a just and lasting...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - February 10, 2014Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
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Published in: 50.50Egypt as a role model: an opportunity lost
The January 25th uprising offered Egypt the opportunity to become a role model for peaceful transition in the region...
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Published in: HomeThe perils and pitfalls of patriotic history
War is said to be too serious a business to be left to the soldiers. By the same token, military history is too...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Syrian revolution - a view from above
Many factors contributed to the revolutionary framework, however, all the players were striving for power. The one...
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Published in: HomeTurkey’s nightmarish adventures in censorship and surveillance on the internet
As the mayoral elections are around the corner, authoritarian surveillance and the censorship of political content...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Egypt, every voice is to be silenced
The battle in Egypt is now no longer about an ousted elected president or a counter-revolution taking place. As if...
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Published in: HomeSyria, a vital proposal
The Geneva conference offers little hope of a breakthrough to halt Syria's nightmare. This makes a different...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTorture – Strasbourg upholds immunity of state officialsThe British and European courts have granted Saudi state officials who tortured British citizens immunity from...
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Published in: openSecurityEgyptian editors organise to confront media crisis
The military-backed government has sought to enrol journalists as foot-soldiers in its battle against the ousted...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBulgaria's 'chilly welcome' to Syrian refugees
As the civil war in Syria continues, refugees are desperately seeking refuge. It seems that Bulgaria has...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAmeera: the day-to-day life of a tea lady in Sudan
A story of a tea-lady in Sudan, the injustice she has endured in the face of police brutality and repression.