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Published in: openSecurityThe urban paradox
As Cities in Conflict goes on hiatus, I take a look back at the past fourteen months of publishing articles, film,...
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Published in: openSecurityNairobi's solution to terrorism: blame the Somalis
Last week’s crackdown on Somali refugees reads like a show of force by a government that desperately wants to hide...
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Published in: openSecurityKashgar's redevelopment is about more than anti-Uyghur sentiment
While the CCP’s motives for redeveloping Xinjiang's capital are manifold, what seems to be provoking the most anger...
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Published in: openSecurityBeirut's schizophrenic identity
The Syrian civil war is spilling into Lebanon and drawing Beirut’s schizophrenic sectarian identity to the surface.
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Published in: openSecurityFraudulent democracy and urban stasis in Turkey
Turkey's urban citizens are standing up against authoritarian governance, and for their right to the city, their...
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Published in: openSecurityBuilding resistance in Hebron
In the face of growing securitisation and colonisation of Hebron's occupied old city, a set of community initiatives...
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Published in: openSecurityMemories of war in the divided city
The dilapidated buildings which dot downtown Beirut are constant reminders of what existed before, what was...
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Published in: openSecurityBeirut: the spaces in between
Film: A short film documenting Beirut's dwindling public spaces.
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Published in: openSecuritySheikh Jarrah: The extremes of 'sharing space' in Jerusalem
Photo-essay: Sharing space in divided cities can take many shapes: from tense encounters and confrontations, to...
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Published in: openSecurityE1: Settlement in waiting
The proposed E1 settlement expansion into the West Bank, recently blocked by Palestinian protestors at the...
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Published in: openSecurityOn strategies of spatial resistance in Palestine
The recent international coverage of the Bab Al-Shams camp depicted the demonstrators as mirroring Israeli settler...