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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIs Lebanon becoming a police state?A year after protests swept the country, two and a half months after the Beirut port explosion, the Lebanese elite...
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Published in: 50.50Aid donors ‘disturbed’ by reports of childbirth violationsFollowing openDemocracy revelations of WHO childbirth guidelines being flouted around the world, major donors...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionNagorno Karabakh and Turkey’s imperial ambitionsThe ongoing war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is part of Turkey’s neo-imperial ambitions in the region and it must...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Sudan, women are still facing the deadly threat of the militaryWomen activists, journalists, artists and protesters remain at the forefront of the continuous struggle against the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat are Syrian mercenaries doing in Azerbaijan?How can we understand the presence of Turkish backed Syrian mercenaries in Azerbaijan?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA year after the October uprising, Iraqis have more reasons to protestIraq’s October uprising was a wake-up call for desperate generations caught in an endless cycle of poverty,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat exactly is happening in Libya?Libya has become part of a geo-political proxy war, where everyone involved has their own personal interests in...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Next year in Jerusalem: the Serbian Embassy and Kosovo go on a pilgrimage with TrumpThe Trump administration’s Christmas wishlist for one corner of the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBBC’s documentary on the Iraq war overlooks genocideBBC’s documentary 'Once upon a Time in Iraq' ignores the decimation of the Christian and Yazidi communities.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWho’s talking about sex and modern relationships in Arabic?Sex and relationship conversations in Arabic media are dominated by conservative figures pushing a religious agenda.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn the absence of the state, people are leading Beirut’s recoveryA month after the Beirut blast, a people-centred recovery is key to peaceful change.
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Published in: Home: OpinionShadow armies: how the West wages war but keeps its soldiers at homeISIS is enjoying a renaissance and the West is fighting back with a shadow war, free of public debate or political scrutiny.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIran’s #MeToo movement challenges patriarchy and western stereotypesThe movement is part of a global outpouring of anger against male privilege, with Iranian women as agents who do not...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMy name is Winnie, I survived Lebanon’s kafala systemWith Lebanon’s economic crisis deteriorating, the already dire situation of migrant domestic workers is getting even harder.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIs Iraq joining the Trump-MBS alliance?The Trump-MBS alliance could shore up Iraq’s corrupt ruling families in return for keeping US troops in the country.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAre we Palestinians waiting for Godot?The recent peace treaty between the UAE and Israel is the latest act of a long history of Arab regimes failing Palestinians.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFor Iraqis, the choice is between pandemic or povertyIn the streets of Baghdad, Iraqis battle a corrupt political class, war, poverty, and now a pandemic that has...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe capitalist roots of Egyptian authoritarianism: demystifying a stateThe Egyptian state, did not evolve organically, an elite superimposed it, in order to fulfill dynastic ambitions.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLebanon’s deadly blast: when corruption turned into carnageSince the massive explosion, the state has been absent, leaving people to fend for themselves – while leaders seem...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIran: how to kill a languageZara Mohammadi was sentenced to 10 years in prison for teaching Kurdish. This is part of a state policy against minorities.
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