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Published in: 50.50: FeatureHow a viral video helped Kuwait’s trans women get their fight backA defiant video by Maha Al-Mutairi about her experience as a trans woman has inspired people to believe that change...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat does Biden’s presidency mean for the future of the Gulf?Will the new president undo Trump’s hawkish stance on Iran, Yemen, Libya and Qatar?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn the Gulf, migrant workers fear for their futureBetween draconian migration laws and the continuing lockdowns, migrant workers in the Gulf are facing increasing uncertainty.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - November 3, 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: North Africa, West AsiaGhassan’s memoriesKanafani can make you dream of a free Palestine in a multitude of ways. A Palestine freed through writing, through...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe fate of Gulf migrant workers is deeply connected to the fate of the Arab uprisingsThe more the Gulf states pay a reputational cost in the west for maintaining this system of exploitation, the harder...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe slow pace of female empowerment in the GulfThese oil-rich countries cannot sustain long-term growth and prosperity if half the population remains marginalised...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab Spring and the changing balance of global powerFrom an empirical-analytical point of view, what has happened in the Middle East and North Africa since Mohammed...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - December 11, 2013Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPolitical reform in Kuwait?Some believe it will be another five years before Kuwait can approach the idea of political reform again. But until...
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Published in: HomeThe Islamic state in contextAlmost by default, the swelling numbers of young Arabs, especially in the culturally vibrant centres of the Arab...
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Published in: HomeIslam in the Arab transformationsThe Shari’a is largely irrelevant to most important issues of policy and administration in the economy and in...
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Published in: HomeBRICS, a new cooperation model?
One of the criticisms made of the emerging economies is that they are using cooperation to gain markets, political...
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Published in: HomeThe black swan of the Gulf
The military and security apparatuses of these Gulf states plays a role in keeping the peace, but the best way...
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Published in: HomeWe may be stateless but we are not voiceless
The stateless in Kuwait have been trapped in poor conditions for two decades. The Arab Spring has provided hope that...
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Published in: HomeGulf States: studious silence falls on Arab Spring
New demands for political reform in the Gulf are meeting a repressive response by regimes especially panicked when...
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Published in: HomeBahrain: evolution or revolution?With its oil reserves measured in years rather than decades and facing the imminent yet difficult transition to a...
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Published in: openSecurityIran takes critical stance on US missile defences
Iranian officials attempt to discredit US missile defence deployments. China warns Obama over meeting with Dalai...
