Clinging to policies that have manifestly failed is madness—but that is exactly what the US is doing in Iraq.
A group of young Iraqi filmmakers are working on creating a local film industry, in an attempt to present alternative realities and revive Iraqi culture.
The powerful rise of religious fascism, though exacerbated by economic and political crises, is rooted in the ethnic and religious intolerance that has thrived in the region for decades.
Can the Yemen peace talks succeed? The dire humanitarian situation demands it but political factionalism and external interference may prove inordinate obstacles.
Noisy discussions in the Israeli/Palestinian context have obscured how the ICC’s role may impact Israel’s relations with other states, especially in Europe. A contribution to openGlobalRights’ debate on the ICC. العربية
مناقشات صاخبة في السياق الإسرائيلي/الفلسطيني قلّلت من شأن دور المحكمة الجنائية الدولية في التأثير على علاقات إسرائيل مع دول أخرى، وخاصة في أوروبا. مساهَمة في الجدل المطروح في أوبن ﭽلوبال رايتس حول المحكمة الجنائية الدولية. English
Anna Roussillon’s I am the People intimately documents the Egyptian revolution’s effect on a rural family. At the Open City Documentary Festival on 20 June 2015.
Maziyar Moshtagh Gohari’s film Cechanok sweeps through the world of Middle Eastern falconry. At the Open City Documentary Festival on 18 June 2015.
A letter from Tarek to his brother Mahmoud Hussein, jailed in Egypt for 500 days for wearing an anti-torture T-shirt. Sign the petition calling for his release.
It seems obvious that human rights must be compromised to guarantee security in the face of armed violence. Obvious but wrong.
Despatches from a trip to the 2015 Palestinian Festival of Literature. Part two: occupation.