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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyrians do not feel they need a state
Syrians were allowed to fear or abuse the state, never identify with it. No wonder if they have clung even to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy is the Syrian regime afraid of Louay Hussein?
We need to refocus our view on Syria: 200,000 people dead, millions wounded and displaced, and still a man can be...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOil politics and the battle for Kobane
Decades of energy colonialism in the Middle East come face to face with a democratic challenge in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan).
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSocial networks in Syria: between mediation and mobilisation
We still misunderstand the roles Facebook and Twitter play in how the uprisings across the Arab world began and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA Syrian fearing exile and return
Many Syrian activists have left Syria voluntarily, either being refused permission to return or being threatened...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIs the Syrian regime sectarian? Sectarianism, part two
In the second part of our conversation on the state and sect in Syria with prominent Marxist thinkers from the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyrian civil society in Lebanon: challenges and opportunities
Instead of empowering Syrian civil society and helping it to build its capacity, the aid community is rendering us...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaObjectifying female fighters
We must acknowledge women's agency without allocating gratuitous attention to physical appearances or banal...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaScottish Green solidarity with the Kurdish people
We must support the people of Kobane in their fight against ISIS and Turkey's plans to install a buffer zone, both...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUnderstanding calls for reinstating the Islamic State
Maududi’s writings on implementing Sharia and Qutb’s radical approach contributed to Jihadist movements that have...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaKafranbel: a paradigm of creative storytelling (Part 2/2)
The protesters of Kafranbel combine local struggles with global interests in their banners, they present the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe right to neighbourhood: way out of a sectarian quagmire
In Damascus there are no direct routes linking Jaramana to Mhajirin, or the Yarmouk camp to Sayyida Zayneb - each...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat is sectarianism in the Middle East?
The term is heard whenever the Middle East or Syria are discussed, yet a talking head would be pressed to define...
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Published in: TransformationSyria's White Helmets: the most dangerous job in the world
A group of tailors, teachers and construction workers have now saved more than 2,500 people from bomb attacks.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaKafranbel: a paradigm of creative storytelling (Part 1/2)
As media coverage of Syria is increasingly monopolized by geopolitical and military approaches, a small town in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWestern blind spot: the Kurds' forgotten war in Syria
A victory for the Kurds and their allies in Syria is a victory for all who want a future that is dictated neither by...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaRazan and I
Razan Ghazzawi delves into her relationship with her mentor, namesake, and towering figure within the Syrian...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaClawing at the sky: fighting for political prisoners in Syria
"It is the most monstrous thing they can do to the Syrian people”. Fadwa Mahmoud, mother, wife and comrade to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe uprising and Syria’s reconstituted collective memory
After many decades of strict control over historical narratives under the Baathist regime, the uprising broke this...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOpening the debate on sectarianism in Syria
In a country where sectarian issues were ruthlessly suppressed for many decades, and where “instigating sectarian...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job