Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: Shuttle diplomacy: Qatar playing politics in Palestine
The BBC’s long history of innovation and influence position it as a prime conduit through which to forward the idea of a ‘digital commons’ within the British media: a site in which the contradictions, relations and values of public life may be freely discussed
An immigration lawyer reveals the alarming degree to which migrants are subjected to monitoring and control outside the detention centre.
In France, the Manifesto of Appalled Economists underlined some of the country’s most prominent economic concerns about the European response to the global crisis. It was signed by over 700 economists and more than 6,500 concerned citizens. Today, we publish their call for a more open, more democr
While the UK Border Agency and commercial contractors attempt to quash a women’s uprising inside Yarl’s Wood detention centre, an activist reports from a demonstration outside the Home Office.
In the same week that the terms of the referendum on Scottish independence were agreed, a debate on Scotland was held at Eton College. So what do the posh boys think?
The latest G4S twist on asylum housing markets – a hostel for asylum seeker mothers and babies in the North East of England.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons report finds that G4S security staff at a UK Border Agency detention facility “deserve great credit”, despite unacceptable use of force on pregnant detainee.
When Islamic groups command the legislative and executive powers in a country, the Islamisation of society takes centre stage. Young, enthusiastic, and ideologically driven members want rapid moves: clear legislations, conspicuous political positions, and social policies to reflect what they consi
From the periphery, Ethiopian Muslim protesters have recently turned a page in the history of the country. They have proven that demonstrations by religious groups can be peaceful, that secularism can be the aim of these groups instead of their nemesis and that a radical Islamist agenda doesn't ha
