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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureCan social media help in the fight against sexual harassment in Egypt?
Egyptian women experience sexual harassment every day, but feminist initiatives on social media are helping to...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureThe ‘helpers’: the Yemeni students doing homework for the Saudis
Amid war and a COVID-19 lockdown, some students in Yemen have found a new market, selling academic services to their...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionEuropean far-Right populism and ISIS: Two sides of the same coin?
From the populist rhetoric of Germany's far-Right AfD to ISIS’s extremist religious ideology, polarizing discourse...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisia: Ben Ali left without facing justice
The dangerous narrative, where the former dictator becomes a victim needs to be urgently challenged.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Dangerous Dance: Syrians in the New Year’s Eve
Seven years after the beginning of the refugee question, the situation of Syrians in the diaspora is still fragile...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe elephant at the state of the "upper-side"
The elephant was the one who did the act of balancing on the wheel; the master was the one who taught it that trick
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe ‘Soyas’: Egypt’s car park mafias
The Soyas are parking attendants, mostly unlicensed and often aggressive towards drivers
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTransitional justice in Tunisia: the truth behind the trials
Justice for the victims of the Bourguiba and Ben Ali regimes is bigger than the individuals or their families
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Published in: HomeFeminism in Tunisia: brutal hijacking, elitism and exclusion
The feminist movement in Tunisia has been a victim of brutal hijacking, exploitation, and politicization which has...
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Published in: HomeThe politics of education in East Jerusalem
After Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, Israel has gained its ally’s backing to go even further...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe story of Saida Manoubiya: A Tunisian feminist icon
By calling for women's education and freedom, Saida Manoubiya was truly a feminist ahead of her time. العربية
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPalestinian Jerusalemites leading Israelis towards normalisation
Normalisation holds an incredibly vague definition, and varies from one Palestinian to another. There are...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEducation and orientalist discourse
The topic of education fits neatly into the orientalist middle class rhetoric about the poor, ignoring its role as...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia"Big Brother": the art of subversion
Art achieves its highest purpose when it questions the structures of power in a society. A goal that "Big Brother",...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBlack Tunisian women: ceaseless erasure and post-racial illusion
Four black women from all walks of life speak up about their experiences. They can no longer be silenced.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe return of the Ultras Ahlawy?
Are communities that are not directly political more effective today? More capable of resisting repression and able...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPower and the divine: self-repression in Egypt
Focusing on the afterlife, the rewards of heaven for the just and hell for the unjust, keeps the masses in check and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow will a Syrian child delete the image of his poverty from search engines?
Media professionals should contribute to respecting the privacy of individuals or groups who are subjects of their...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMeet the Tunisian drag queen defying the odds
On the frontline of the LGBTQIA movement in Tunisia, a trans non-binary drag queen is revolutionizing and leading...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWives of ‘muhajirin’: who’s your husband?
Upon arriving in Syria, the first step a foreign fighter takes is to find a woman to marry. Why do Syrian women...