Egypt’s ruler, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, has responded to the growing outcry over mob sexual violence against women in public places by setting up a ministerial committee. More, much more, however needs to be done.
Director Boris Gerrets demonstrates that dignity and humanity can exist even in the most seemingly undignified and inhumane living conditions.
For many Syrian women in Algeria, the gendered experience of violence and displacement has been compounded by the discrimination they now face as women refugees, says Latefa Guemar.
It is in everyone’s long-term interest to stop purposefully undermining developing democratic processes.
I was interested by the electricity in the air, the aggression and the disarray of those in power.
Much has happened in the Middle East in the last four years, but in Europe, the development of the state and of democracy took four centuries and many wars.
What the revolutionary class are experiencing in Egypt now is only the initiation of what thousands of children on our streets, boys and girls experience.
Local administration and service provision are failing in Malawi. What can the government do to improve them?
This is not a film about the Egyptian revolution. This is a film about Cairo - and traffic. Film review.
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week, Syrian conflict transforms security regulations in Jordan.
Pressure on Europe as asylum-seekers in Libya risk everything to reach safety in Italy while the EU looks the other way.
