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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyrians do not feel they need a stateSyrians 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 KobaneDecades 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 mobilisationWe 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 returnMany 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 twoIn 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 opportunitiesInstead 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 fightersWe 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 peopleWe 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 StateMaududi’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 quagmireIn 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 SyriaA 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 IRazan 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 memoryAfter 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 SyriaIn a country where sectarian issues were ruthlessly suppressed for many decades, and where “instigating sectarian...
