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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTraditions of absence and ambiguity: the Syrian documentary and its public
Why are Syrian documentaries detached from the Syrian audience?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe’s migration tourniquet comes full circle
For every asylum application that was accepted in the EU last year, two were rejected. Anti-migration rhetoric has...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMutations of Arab political filmmaking
The 2011 uprisings marked a turning point, as new forms of cinematic language and style began to emerge.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Syrian public and its cinema: funding priorities - Part II
Do Syrian directors or producers have a role in determining the target audience?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Syrian public and its cinema: A tale of estrangement - Part I
Between stories that tell their daily lives before another audience and films that broadcast the regime’s ideology,...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia‘Empower a woman, empower an eco-system’
Women and girls are at the forefront of the battle against climate change, as migrants and refugees, but also as caretakers.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyria, then Europe: the worst is yet to come, but…
Europe and the West failed in embracing the generation of the Arab Spring; why should we fail again?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTurkey’s occupation and expansion in Syria
Turkish-backed violations intensify in Northeast Syria: why we should not be surprised.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe could do more to stop the Turkish invasion of Rojava, but states fear a democratic revolution
An interview with Ercan Ayboga on Turkey’s attack, Rojava’s direct democracy, and the international reaction.
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Published in: HomeISIS gets thousands of its people back and a PR gift too – thanks, Donald
Supporters of the brutal movement are walking out of prison camps in Syria, but it’s the propaganda bonus that may...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Regimes of evil: colonization continues
It is not even a secret. Turkish state authorities are doing this very openly, in front of the rest of the world....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Turkish invasion of Syria: A new hope for Jihadists
What are the geopolitical stakes of Turkey’s invasion of Syria?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTrump's bankrupt Syria policy: civilians will pay the price
Trump's decision confirms the decline of US power in the Middle East and globally.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaShining a light on Syrian civil society: will donors listen to the locals?
Over the years challenges have been raised with the donor community, but little has changed.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMakhlouf no more? Russia is calling in the debts in Syria
Rumors about Rami Makhlouf’s asset seizures might be signaling divisions between Russia and Iran in Syria.
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Published in: ourEconomyTurkey does imperialism: Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East
To understand Turkey’s actions in the Middle East, we need to grasp its precarious place in world capitalism.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Lebanon: new waves of hatred with little solidarity
The needed solidarity with Mashrou’ Leila has unintentionally overshadowed the thousands of Palestinian voices...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDistancing to protect: the US role in preserving the Syrian regime
How the US prevented the overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria by dissociating itself from it.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaJournalism in Raqqa (IV): War, reconstruction and power struggles
The media environment in Raqqa, as the one in Rojava, cannot be read through a black and white prism.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe fate of the Syrian Kurds
The fate of the region became unknown after US President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of his troops from...