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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWretched third anniversary of international intervention in Yemen: the Saudi-led coalition and humanitarian disaster. Part 2
Trump’s recent senior appointments suggest an increasingly virulent anti-Iranian strategy which certainly coincides...
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Published in: HomeFear of forgetting – heroines who changed history
Simone De Beauvoir and Gisele Halimi were indefatigable. They wrote to every responsible official in the judiciary,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Middle East’s new donors: rogues or team players?
Turkey and the Gulf monarchies in their savvy, if reactionary, use of aid have become important players in the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYou've kept your power, Arab rulers, but at what cost?
Let us never forget that those who make peaceful uprisings impossible will eventually make violent revolution irresistible.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNot a Saudi ‘Arab spring’: Mohammad Bin Salman, a threat not a reformer [Part 2]
Mohammad bin Salman is now MENA’s main threat to peace, stability, and hope for democratization in the Arab world.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWestern complicity is fuelling Yemen’s humanitarian crisis
A besieged and starved population has been pushed to the brink of famine. The UK, US and France need to re-evaluate...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNot a Saudi ‘Arab spring’: Mohammad Bin Salman, a threat not a reformer [Part 1]
Putting “Mohammad bin Salman” next to “Arab Spring” is either an oxymoron or an antithesis.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWill Iraq’s PM embrace a Trump-inspired Saudi-sponsored drive to curb Iranian influence?
Trump-MBS strategy has not made significant headway. Will they succeed in escalating anti-Shia confrontation against...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe return of authoritarianism is priming the Middle East for more conflict
How is the Saudi-Iranian rivalry overwriting the Arab Spring’s key messages?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaKurds’ choices: heed history or the US?
Who controls Syria’s borders? The US and Israel are encouraging Syrian Kurds to fight the regime and its allies for...
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Published in: HomeSafe spaces, bagpipes and houmous
“This is the safe space I was talking about… a totally open space people can feel safe in, because stories are...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAll ‘hail’ the real king
The Saudi Monarch’s 4 November purge threatens the kingdom’s longstanding policy on dynastic rule, and paves the way...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaContagion effect and the Saudi grand game in the Middle East
The willingness of Mohammed bin Salman to embark on a series of moves against Iranian power in the Middle East...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Prince: on how many fronts can Mohammad bin Salman act simultaneously?
The Saudi crown prince moves towards concentrating absolute power in his own hands, while escalating tensions on...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe anti-Islamist campaign and Arab democracy
Egyptians, Libyans, Tunisians, and other Arabs deserve better than to be told that they must choose between...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFamilies of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government
Declassified evidence about the 9/11 attacks point to Saudi Arabia. But will justice be served?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBritain’s foreign policy: it's time for reform
With its prominent position in the arms trade, and the impunity it grants countries like Saudi Arabia, Britain is...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSaudi women between online resistance and new physical realities
What role did collective action, and social media play in Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift its ban on women driving?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHuman Rights Council condemns reprisals amidst unprecedented rate of cases in MENA region
One can only wonder how the HRC can maintain its credibility while its member states are actively working against...
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Published in: HomeTurning weapons on a toddler
In Awamiya, a Shia-majority town in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province, a three-year-old boy has been shot and...