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Published in: Home: OpinionWhat the US gets wrong in its response to growing insecurity in the SahelOPINION: A focus on using the military to counter Islamist violence fails to address the reasons for its growth
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Published in: Home: NewsHome Office delays are stopping families reuniting after the Türkiye earthquakeTurkish and Kurdish people in Britain say they are unable to help loved ones affected by last month's earthquake...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe Iraq War 20 years on: End of the US’s post-9/11 neoconservative dreamOPINION: The 2003 Iraq war led to huge numbers of civilian deaths, and continuing insurgencies in the Middle East and Africa
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionShamima Begum didn’t join ISIS voluntarilyChildren cannot consent to being trafficked, and Shamima Begum is a textbook case of child trafficking. The...
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureI Am Not Your Refugee: Art Athens ActivismWe're joined by Wael Habbal and Kareem Al Kabbani as we discuss activism, creativity, active citizenship and the...
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureI Am Not Your Refugee: Ana SurieA conversation about the ‘Ana Surie’ (‘I Am Syrian’) photography exhibition organised in the Zaatari refugee camp
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Published in: Home: OpinionIs ISIS headed for a third wave of violence?A recent attack on a prison in Syria and a massacre of Iraqi soldiers have left many fearing ISIS may soon resurface...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionKurdish group claims Turkey is using chemical weapons. Why is nobody investigating?The international community is failing in its duty to investigate allegations that Kurdish forces are being killed...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionEducating the host: It's not just refugees who need ‘integration’ programmesTeaching local hosts the experience of war and forced displacement would help to publicly challenge hate speech and...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionA murder in Syria reignites the debate about so-called ‘honour killings’Despite legal reforms, the country’s fragmentation and persistent attitudes about women and girls are a barrier to...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhy it’s important to see displaced people as more than just ‘refugees’Whether to evoke sympathy or stigma, the ways that Syrians in Lebanon are represented help compound exclusion and...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionSyrian refugees in Scandinavia fear they will be forcibly returned to SyriaDenmark has decided that parts of Syria are now safe and revoked residency permits for Syrian refugees. Will other...
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Published in: 50.50: Opinion‘Living in constant fear’: Life as a journalist in SyriaWhen Zaina became a journalist, her family said she was committing a ‘sin’. Fifteen years on, she opens up about the...
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionWhy do churches have mixed attitudes towards the Arab Spring?Christian leaders in Egypt and Syria opposed the 2011 uprising but now their counterparts in Iraq and Lebanon back...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionHow is Turkey answering its ‘Kurdish question’?Ankara treats all Kurdish opposition whether peaceful or militant as terrorism. And it is taking its war into...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationUK government accused of ‘grotesque betrayal’ as full foreign aid cuts revealedExclusive: Leaks reveal plans to slash aid to world’s poorest countries. Bob Geldof brands move ‘shameful’ while...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyrian prison literature and human rights: an interview with Shareah TaleghaniLiterature about prison has actually assisted international campaigns in the release of individual detainees.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCOVID-19 has deepened the 'pandemic of poverty' for Palestinian refugees in LebanonSocial and economic upheaval in Lebanon in 2020 has deepened and magnified the poverty of Palestinian refugees.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFor young Syrian refugees, education and employment cannot remain apoliticalWhy is it that despite the huge efforts invested by donors and UN agencies, do young refugees continue to struggle...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow Syria’s Afrin became hell for KurdsTurkish backed militias have turned life in Afrin into one of constant fear of torture, kidnapping, and death.
