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Published in: Home: FeatureWith elections looming, Lebanese state is invisible to most of its peopleAs Lebanon prepares to vote, the film ‘State of Absence’ introduces very different people all struggling with the...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureCrossing the US-Mexico border, just to seeCrossing the US-Mexico border is a lifeline for some. For others, it’s an adventure
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Published in: Home: FeatureNo, decolonising your bookshelf doesn’t mean getting rid of Jane AustenIt is a truth universally acknowledged that the right-wing press will inflame any debate on decolonisation,...
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘I’d never seen another African man share his transition on social media’Ghali Eden founded the Instagram account Moroccan Transgender Community. It’s one way he’s fighting for the rights...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWestern hypocrisy: What Joe Biden gets wrong about RussiaThose in the Middle East know the kind of destruction seen in Ukraine all too well – the West was the perpetrator
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionHow Palestine’s climate apartheid is being depoliticisedInternational donor-led schemes promote peacebuilding and collaboration rather than pushing Israel to end its occupation
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe US has no right to take money that belongs to the Afghan peopleAs Afghans sell organs to buy food, the Biden administration announces it will allocate $7bn of seized Afghan assets...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsTory MP’s Wiki page scrubbed of Azerbaijan lobbying – by user in ParliamentBob Blackman’s biography was whitewashed of references to an openDemocracy investigation, but the edit was spotted by a bot
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Published in: Home: OpinionIs ISIS headed for a third wave of violence?A recent attack on a prison in Syria and a massacre of Iraqi soldiers have left many fearing ISIS may soon resurface...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTunnel warfare: the Islamic State’s subterranean warISIS fighters dug huge networks of tunnels under cities and across borders, as part of their ‘irregular warfare’...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionAlgeria’s political prisoners go on hunger strike amid escalating repressionTrade unionists in the country, who are already ceaselessly persecuted, are being targeted for their role in the...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: InterviewHow have the uprisings of the Arab Spring shaped the path of revolutions?Iranian-American scholar Asef Bayat, author of ‘Revolutionary Life: The Everyday of the Arab Spring’, on the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsRevealed: Tory MP was ‘fed’ propaganda by Azerbaijani embassy for parliamentary debatesBob Blackman boasted: ‘On a regular basis I put down positions on behalf of our good friends in Azerbaijan’
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionGiulio Regeni’s murder speaks the truth about Egypt – and Europe tooFrance and Italy promote democracy and human rights while selling more and more arms to Egypt, where the student was...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureWhile displaced Afghans starve, international help is nowhere to be foundWithdrawal of funding, logistical problems and fear of the Taliban mean that thousands of Afghans are enduring a...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: NewsBBC Arabic owes journalists ‘thousands of dollars’ after three years’ unpaid feesOne contributor accused the channel, which is part of the UK licence fee-funded World Service, of withholding $10,000
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: InterviewShaping imagination in 1960s Beirut: a conversation with Zeina MaasriThe role of the visual in modern history, and the transnational nature of 1960s Beirut as a hub of politically...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Feature‘I had no hope left’: Ex-NATO contractor forced to walk across Afghan borderWhen the Taliban began door-to-door searches for NATO contractors, Moheeb was left with no choice but to attempt to...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisSudan’s revolution enters its second phase: disrupting the stateResistance committees are mobilising at grassroots level to bring about a fundamental transformation of the state
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTurkey’s broad definition of terrorism does nothing to halt radicalisationRather than tackling causes of violent radicalisation, Turkey takes a punitive approach that curtails individual...
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