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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFraud fighters wanted in the Middle East
Egypt is just one of the places in the Arab world where scientific misconduct is tolerated. But the onus is global....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe fate of Gulf migrant workers is deeply connected to the fate of the Arab uprisings
The more the Gulf states pay a reputational cost in the west for maintaining this system of exploitation, the harder...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe revolt of the periphery
An important yet neglected dimension of the Egyptian revolution is Egypt's position as a peripheral country, the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - April 14, 2014
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab Spring popular uprisings – myth and reality
It is critical to recognize the significance of this revolutionary chapter in the modern history of the Middle East...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - March 20, 2014
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEveryone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression but conditions apply
Egypt has jailed journalists by the dozen; the Gulf is jailing people for tweets they send and surveillance...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe slow pace of female empowerment in the Gulf
These oil-rich countries cannot sustain long-term growth and prosperity if half the population remains marginalised...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab Spring and the changing balance of global power
From an empirical-analytical point of view, what has happened in the Middle East and North Africa since Mohammed...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUAE's political show trials
The latest trial saw 20 Egyptians and 10 Emiratis found guilty in a process marred by a litany of human rights and...
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Published in: HomeBizarre trials in UAE
The logic of the authorities is truly Orwellian – the only offence of the ‘criminals’ was thought crime.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Egyptian crisis and its regional effects
Should Egypt collapse into violence and disarray, supporting the Army might well make the UAE look similar to how...
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Published in: HomeTurkey: looking east and west
The ongoing protests have only emphasised the gap between the Turkish government and the EU, and between Turkey and...
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Published in: HomeNo-go areas and arms deals
With a worsening human rights record that includes the alleged torture of both British and Emirati citizens,...
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Published in: HomeEurope’s guns, debt and corruption
This second of two essays on military spending and the EU crisis, explores the role of the European arms trade,...
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Published in: HomeInstitutionalising the Arab Gulf Governments
For the Arab States of the Gulf there are two kinds of reforms, those that are acceptable and those that are off...
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Published in: HomeUAE cybercrimes law and EU principle
It is impressive, but also expedient, that an EU resolution condemning the human rights record of a vital trading...
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Published in: HomeUAE: a human-rights lens
The United Arab Emirates' human-rights record is under new scrutiny. The European Union should follow the lead of...
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Published in: HomeConcern and frustration in the Gulf
America is still the Gulf states' indispensable ally, but the indecisiveness of Obama's policy in the Middle East is...
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Published in: HomeSurf safely!
With such tech savvy, demographically very young populations, policing the internet will always be a losing battle....