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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSectarianism will not defeat coronavirus: no one is immuneAre religious ideologues on coronavirus threatening to tear apart the much needed human solidarity to overcome the pandemic?
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCan the coronavirus save the planet?The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen: the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the war torn countryThe 5th anniversary of the war in Yemen is a time for stock taking about the changes in the past year and prospects...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEvery cent lost to tax havens could be used to strengthen our health and social systemsIt’s women in the informal sector who are suffering the harshest effects of our broken tax system.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe British government has abandoned the Global South to coronavirusThe coronavirus pandemic could be a ticking time bomb for the world’s most vulnerable people. Yet just when global...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat the coronavirus outbreak means for thousands of Palestinian refugees in LebanonWithout access to health care, anxieties and fear intensified as refugees face the increasing threat of a COVID-19 outbreak.
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Published in: HomeIs US and Iranian military posturing meant to distract from COVID-19 failure?It would be crazy to start a major war in the middle of the pandemic – but don’t put anything past Trump and his...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCasualties of ‘war on terror’ in Iraq: life, security and libertyMapping the conflict and its casualties can change our understanding of this war and any war.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPalestine: Olive trees don’t catch coronavirusWhile the world struggles to face the coronavirus pandemic, the Israeli army scrambles to uproot olive trees.
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Published in: Home‘Light touch’ or boots on the ground? US warfare has failed either wayHigh-tech warfare is not defeating the US’s many enemies any better than its vast army did – and that leaves the...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia‘Bots’ and bans: social media and regime propaganda in the Middle EastRegimes in the Middle East are constantly evolving their propaganda strategies to keep up with the new forms of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow do Syrian directors see censorship today?Towards a new understanding of censorship, and its impact on Syrian cinema.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA matter of life or death: Syrian journalists have nowhere to turnIn Syria, journalists report the news while facing threats from all sides of the war. Now we must do our part to...
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Published in: HomeViolent Islamism is gaining the upper hand in Afghanistan and AfricaMilitary responses haven’t defeated the Taliban and won’t stop ISIS, but the West refuses to address the root causes...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWelcome to the Palestine archipelagoTrump’s so called “deal of the century” is an assault on the Palestinian narrative even before it is an assault on...
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Published in: Global ExtremesIs Al-Azhar pushing the envelope?Shaykh al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayyib criticised the state of Arabs and Muslims worldwide – including, one presumes, its rulers.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEthiopians in Lebanon: between revolution and slaveryThe Ethiopian government continues to sidestep taking any meaningful action to rescue citizens trapped in revolution...
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Published in: HomeBomb Idlib’s civilians, win the war: what the West taught Assad and PutinThe tactics of Syrian and Russian forces are unforgiveable – but scarcely different to what the US and its allies...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMubarak dead: the age of silenceMubarak’s reign, the revolt against it, and all the tragedies that followed, remain as a stark reminder of what...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNetanyahu’s new settlements, courtesy of TrumpExplicit American support provides the Israeli government with the confidence in order to keep, consolidate, and...
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