The author interviews the FSA and ponders its relationship to sectarianism in the wider context.
Ramadan this year has been sugar-coated, a cover for various bills that are supposed to make the lives of Tunisians better, but which are not doing so.
The new labour market scheme represents an economic translation of the political victory of the merchant elite and its allies within government.
The marathon to gender equality in the Olympic Games has been achieved.
Last week, Tunisia’s minister of finance, Houcien Dimassi, abruptly resigned from his post refusing to approve a bill that would cost the national budget more than a billion dollars just to curry favour with the voters
Recently the state has adopted a far more developed and pervasive programme to alienate, punish and detain the opposition.
The ruling Emir is putting his money where his mouth is, and opposition fighters in Syria are receiving the benefits.
Post-revolutionary Egypt was visited by the semi-break down of law and order, and an Egyptian public that became distracted with the country’s tumultuous political transition.
The changes in United States military strategy since the "war on terror" was at its height are echoed by the evolution of al-Qaida and its ideas. The consequences are being felt in Syria.
Decades of war have led to generations of Afghan refugees in Iran. Their treatment under the current regime is worsening, but why now?
Residents’ actions highlight growing expectations that a more inclusive model of decision-making is both possible and achievable.
