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Published in: North Africa, West Asia"Big Brother": the art of subversionArt achieves its highest purpose when it questions the structures of power in a society. A goal that "Big Brother",...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab digital philanthropy and transparency nexusThe growing digital engagement and online presence of the philanthropic sector in the Arab region is playing a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCivil society 2.0In Jordan, a younger generation of educated activists are reinventing their approach in order to build new...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe thinking behind a mental health workers pledge for PalestineConcerned professionals may need to move beyond their accustomed professional roles to support a genuine...
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Published in: TransformationRe-capturing the civic heart of social enterpriseCommercialisation is flooding the social economy. Here’s how to reverse the tide.
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Published in: TransformationIrresistibly biased? The blind spots of social innovationSocial innovation has an irresistible global appeal, but is it biased towards protecting the status quo?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Bahrain Debate: rethinking the conflictThis debate hopes to recreate a historical moment for civil society participation and action, by arriving at a more...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaProblems of empowermentEfforts at the economic empowerment of women in Jordan are missing the point - there are political and social issues...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe struggle for freedom and food sovereignty: a letter of solidarity to the farmers of SyriaThe loss of control over processing agricultural goods, such as turning grains into flour, have made it easier for...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaGraffiti: a new form of expression on the walls of CairoDespite restrictions on expression in Egypt, cultural trends like the spread of graffiti show that the marginalised...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEveryone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression but conditions apply
Egypt has jailed journalists by the dozen; the Gulf is jailing people for tweets they send and surveillance...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPhotojournalism in the Palestinian TerritoriesYoung photographers are risking their lives to show the outside world the reality of Israel's occupation of the West...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisia: the Islamic associative system as a social counter-powerAn Islamic bloc is indeed emerging, but more than an occulted project of Islamization, it is a process of activation...
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Published in: 50.50No woman’s body should be a battlefield25 years after Women in Black was founded by Israeli and Palestinian women working together for peace, Sue Finch and...
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Published in: civilResistanceVoices of Syrian women in civil resistanceAlthough we now hear guns more than peaceful chants in Syria, and while the news of armed rebellion overshadows...
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Published in: HomeTrade unions and the construction of a specifically Tunisian protest configurationTo understand Tunisia, one must get to grips with its labour movement. UGTT has enjoyed a continuity in history and...
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Published in: HomeYou cannot ignore religion in social policy-making in the Middle East
Governments and global development agencies will do well in the formulation of new social protection and social...
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Published in: HomeAutocrats, super-tweeps and Twitter’s overnight tribes
Why people who seek to use Twitter as a measure of popularity, legitimacy or credibility should begin by blocking...
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Published in: HomeAid local councils, not the Syrian National Coalition
Countries wanting to aid the Syrian revolution must focus on local councils like that of Manjib, not the Syrian...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe representation impasse: accounting for Egyptian women in the post-Morsi age
To move towards a more accurate account, it is imperative that we dissolve the binaries of tradition and modernity,...
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