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Published in: 50.50: OpinionA feminist blueprint for saving democracy in the US – and beyond
If Trump refuses to step down after the election, we’ll need to unite, mobilise and resist. Feminists from Belarus...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationInteractive: Explore US Christian right ‘dark money’ spending globally
$280 million in ‘dark money,’ 28 organisations, seven different regions – the US Christian Right’s global influence...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Marathon Man and 'our European Way of Life'
The migration debate ignores the political question of why hundreds or thousands of underage and adult people are...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationRevealed: $280m ‘dark money’ spent by US Christian right groups globally
Lawmakers say scale of spending – particularly by Trump’s lawyers and allies – is ‘alarming,' and call for urgent...
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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 violations
Following 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 ambitions
The 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 military
Women 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 protest
Iraq’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 Trump
The 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 genocide
BBC’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 recovery
A 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 home
ISIS 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 stereotypes
The 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 system
With 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.