The increased social media use in the Gulf might signify some progress for its citizens, but the extent to which it empowers them is greatly outweighed by state surveillance through the same vehicle.
For the past few months Israelis and Palestinians have experienced a wave of terrorist attacks mainly on civilian targets. Peace education may have an answer.
Questioning revolutionaries’ conventional narrative of the January 25 revolution is the only way for Egypt to move forward.
On the fifth anniversary of the uprising, national dialogue is what brought Tunisia to where it is today.
The US may be tempted to congratulate itself for wrangling Russia to the table for the meeting on Syria’s peace talks. Yet an indispensable party is missing: Syrian women.
Five years ago, today, it began. The uprisings had no master narrative – they were a series of micronarratives produced by ordinary people.
Recent terrorist attacks are an opportunity to push for crucial curriculum and educational reforms in Egypt and the Muslim world.
A case for BDS by other means.
The selective revival of Nasserism by Egypt's current regime may help expand its support base amongst the masses, but only temporarily, as living standards continue to deteriorate.
It is not a “choice” in the proper sense, it is rather an instinct to reach the surface in order to breathe. It offers them a home in which the restlessness of “to be” can be resolved.
Turkey-Russia spat is a symptom of different, often incompatible agendas.
