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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe US-Iranian-Syrian diplomatic danceThose who would help from the outside must rely on dialogue, contact and diplomacy, which means Russia, Iran and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - October 8, 2013
Arab 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 AsiaThere will be blood: a dispatch from Cairo
The two competing narratives are so at loggerheads that the country risks being driven down the dangerous road of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSudan: peaceful revolution a dream
Although the wave of protests has shrunk during the past few days, the list of grievances is increasing. Popular...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMy neighbourhood and its impact on world affairs
A new contributor to This Week's Window on the Middle East often takes visitors around his neighbourhood to show off...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisia’s political impasse
Today progress made in the dialogue between the Troika and the opposition relies largely on how far Ennahdha goes in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Kurdish Jihadist battleground in Syria: ramifications in Iraqi Kurdistan
The two Iraqi Kurdish parties’ entanglement in the Syrian Kurdish issues seems to have resulted in anti-Assad rebels...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying 23 - 30 September
This 'You tell us' feature offers some first hand accounts and a range of opinions in blogs, articles and tweets,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSudan: journalists strike amid deadly demos
The most active journalists in Khartoum are either being summoned, arrested, told what to say or are resigning.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - October 2, 2013
Arab 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 AsiaWithout hope Egypt is stuck between SCAF and the Brotherhood
Old patterns of thinking remain, you see, and everyone wants a quick solution.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt's i-generation
I dub the older generation the i-generation, i- for inertia as well as “me, myself and I”. The i-generation’s every...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt shuts down more media channels
The vaunted reputation of the military-led government for neutrality is rather easily exposed, when we realise that...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTurkey's strategy for a prolonged Syrian civil war
Turkey needs to develop a sustainable Syria strategy if it wants to deter any internal and external threats and be...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCashing in on the human rights regime
When all a politician needs to do is to pay the price of his/her misdemeanor and move on—which does not even come...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLebanese women and full citizenship rights: a mesh of patriarchy, politics and confessionalism
Despite some grandstanding by high-ranking politicians stating that Lebanese women should have full citizenship...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia'Too moral' to run for a democratic government? We might think again
Respect for the rule of law, human rights and freedom of expression – how to implement these practices should be the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next DoorThe author considers how education may impact on a society's growing propensity to resort to violence. This column...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Egyptian coup and Hamas
In the face of disinformation, both Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood need to redeem the 'Islamist' brand as a whole...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSudan: a revolution in the making?
The community in Sudan is a close one: everybody already knows someone who has died during the protests. This is...
