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Published in: Transformation

Published on: 17 October 2017

Written by: Rocky Rodriguez Junior All articles by Rocky Rodriguez Junior

Most people don’t think of media as propaganda, but confirmation bias is rife. What can be done?

Published in: North Africa, West Asia

Published on: 30 June 2015

Written by: Nabil Echchaibi All articles by Nabil Echchaibi

A plea for the poetic inspiration and vision needed to counter despair, complacency, repression and extremism.

Published in: North Africa, West Asia

Published on: 28 April 2014

Written by: Ola Rifai All articles by Ola Rifai

An account of the drastic identity and narrative shifts during the Syrian uprising. The author focuses on the...

Published in: openDemocracyUK

Published on: 29 August 2013

Written by: Matt Bolton All articles by Matt Bolton

Art is being used as a medium for gentrification, as the middle class displaces that of the working class in poorer...

Published in: Home

Published on: 21 March 2012

Written by: Mazen Zoabi All articles by Mazen Zoabi

Arab Awakening's Mazen Zoabi peeks into the realities of life as a Middle Eastern woman. A review of two fascinating...

Published in: openDemocracyUK

Published on: 23 April 2010

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

A new major exhibition of the man who was England's greatest sculpture ignores, yet borrows from, the controversial...

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