Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: The FSA: how to lose support and alienate people in no time
The conservative extravaganza in Tampa has been overshadowed by controversy over voter-identification measures taken in some GOP-controlled states. Texas, for example, now regards a concealed weapon license as a legitimate form of identification, but refuses student identification cards. Seemingly
The Economist have recently published evidence that support for Scottish independence is lower among women than men. But what do the Ipsos-MORI statistics about perceptions of Alex Salmond tell us about this theory?
With the movement of key resources to MediaCityUK in Salford, the BBC looks to be expanding its frontiers of national representation. But as programming oscillates between depoliticised nostalgia and an admiring celebration of ‘northern’ authenticity, this shift has done little to combat the insti
Les efforts déployés par le gouvernement pour réduire les taux catastrophiquement élevés de mortalité maternelle et de mortinatalité au Chad ont été mal orientés. Ce dont nous avons besoin, ce n’est pas la construction d’infrastructures, mais de médecins spécialistes qui reçoivent un salaire décen
Forty-five years of violence have left a country with deep wounds, terrible mistrust and a certain cultural acceptance for breaking the rules of coexistence. The new peace negotiations, which will include "terrorists" go in the right direction but won't be enough
The UK Commission on a Bill of Rights seeks to unravel the disputes about national autonomy that have arisen from Britain's relationship with the European Human Rights Convention. Regardless of their findings, this inquiry should not be used as evidence to repeal the Human Rights Act.
George Galloway’s provocative comments on rape are indicative of a wider tendency of electioneering among UK minority parties. As the voting system remains skewed in the interests of the two major parties, the competition for publicity is obscuring the space needed to formulate an alternative poli
While the Paralympics are meant to be a worldwide celebration of inclusion and tolerance, the fate of the Romanian team only highlights the country's poor record when it comes to disability and fighting discrimination.
As train fares across Britain look set to rise 6.2% by January, the government faces the growing wrath of the thousands of commuters increasingly being priced out of public transport. But what might an alternative look like? And how might this bequeathing of the rails to ‘train toffs’ bite back in
It was predictable and in fact predicted. The British Government’s austerity programme has turned back the clock on women’s rights and hard-won economic gains.
The silence of our politicians on women’s security in public spaces is in striking contrast to their tremendous responsiveness to the sight of brown men insulting white women. The real problem is that in western society women’s equality and women’s pornographization have gone hand-in-hand.
