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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisia takes steps on the road toward democracyThe Arab Spring has regained force in Tunisia as the country takes important steps towards the democratic foundation...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Middle East - who cares?Or at least, who cares enough to try to start thinking anew? The region is burning. Apart from the parties to the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSisi’s religious conquestThe purging of the Muslim Brotherhood from Egyptian politics will not necessarily put the country on the path to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaGraffiti: a new form of expression on the walls of CairoDespite restrictions on expression in Egypt, cultural trends like the spread of graffiti show that the marginalised...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaActivists in Bahrain denounce Al-Khalifa anti-Shi'ite policyEarlier last week, on 7 May, political activists affiliated to Bahraini opposition groups delivered a letter to UN...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe consequences of exclusion in SudanThe sentencing to death in Sudan of Meriam Ishag for 'apostasy' is a brutal example of a wider pattern of exclusion...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEducation and flags: seminal for winning the hearts and minds of Syria’s new generation?How do Salafi and Salafi-Jihadi groups in Syria use education and flags to foster supportive identities among school...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBy misdiagnosing Israel-Palestine, donor aid harms PalestiniansNo amount of aid can bring about a just, positive, and lasting peace, until the fundamental injustices of occupation...
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Published in: TransformationI will pinch your ass and grab your boobs, and you can't talk about it: the BuSSy Monologues in EgyptEvery time someone goes on stage to share something that others label as taboo, they challenge the mental barriers...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaArab Spring countries need to think outside the neoliberal box
Arab countries should be wary of applying new neoliberal economic policies, since it may have been adherence to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA tribute to legendary Sudanese poet Mahjoub Sharif (1948-2014): a story of love, hope and being
As an influential character in Sudanese history, Mahjoub found his way to people’s hearts by making his poetry part...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt’s presidential elections: when the result has already been approvedTrends in Egypt indicate an easy win for Abdel Fattah Sisi in the upcoming presidential election, but serious...
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Published in: HomeSyria: CW disarmament enters critical phase as hell breaks loose
If by any chance a rogue group gets hold of CW – even from an entirely different source – and uses them, we will be...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt's 'civil society coup' and the resilience of the post-1952 orderCairo’s new rulers have few plausible solutions to the longstanding problems of political economy and while Egyptian...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe US-Iranian-Syrian diplomatic dance
Those who would help from the outside must rely on dialogue, contact and diplomacy, which means Russia, Iran and...
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Published in: HomeProspects for a GCC-Iranian rapprochement?
A US-Iranian rapprochement over Iran's nuclear programme could improve general US-Iranian relations, leading to the...
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Published in: HomeOn Syria, most thoughtful people are torn
Foreign military intervention would prolong the war and increase the carnage still further. But this does not mean...
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Published in: HomeA reply to Stephen Zunes on military intervention in Syria
This is a reply to Stephen Zunes' response to the author. Zunes argues that violent or nonviolent movements alike...
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Published in: HomeMission accomplished? Syria, the antiwar movement and the spirit of internationalism
The Assad killing machine, which was overwhelmingly nonchemical to begin with, can continue unfettered on its...
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Published in: 50.50Sudanese women: you can beat us but you cannot break usAmira Osman is awaiting trial for refusing to cover her hair. She is one of thousands of Sudanese women who are...
