The revolutionary left denounces Russell Brand, but the poor know he is right. His lack of a proper alternative doesn't hurt his analysis of what is wrong. People must realise how many skills are available on the street that should be used to replace the old, corrupt system.
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week, the Egyptian constitution: the militarized state.
Nablus' soap - a potent symbol of Nabulsi identity - at the height of its popularity was exported to the Middle East, western Europe and beyond. However, restrictions have negatively contributed to the industry's volatility over the last three decades.
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week, Libya's Constituent Assembly: light at the end of the tunnel?
The tendency to simplify, deny or demonize the other is very common among Palestinians and Israelis alike. The reasoning beneath these mental approaches is clear: we don’t know and/or understand you, thus you don’t – or didn’t – exist.
The Iron Wall of Jabotinsky has to be torn down, and it can only be torn down through long term civil and ideological struggles against this heritage of Zionism, with the Palestinians living inside the green line playing a crucial part.
Over the past two years, Visualizing Palestine has harnessed visual storytelling to bring public attention to the daily injustices facing Palestinians. Here they present four infographics on dispossession, administrative detention, the wall and Palestinian refugees. Click to enlarge.
If Saddam Hussein and Hafez Assad had worked towards unlearning the new reality which Sykes-Picot aimed to create in the Arab World, the current deadlock in the Syrian-Iraqi situation would never have happened.
When would-be peacemakers insist the past is past and the only way to resolve the conflict is to look to the future and find a compromise solution to the competing claims, they underestimate the power of the narrative in determining identity and meaning.
The development of culture-specific research measures takes time, but adding the dimension of human insecurity and distress to quality of life measures is a vital step.
Instead of posing as truth-advocates, Israeli human rights activists should first acknowledge the limitations of their own paradigm to address the source and scope of injustices endured by Palestinians. Then they might realize they are in the same boat as the public they so desperately try to pers
במקום להציג את עצמם כשליחים נאורים ויודעי כל, על ארגוני זכויות האדם בישראל להתחיל להתמודד עם המגבלות המבניות הקיימות בשיח שלהם עצמם. או אז הם עשויים לגלות כי הם נמצאים באותה סירה עם הציבור הישראלי אותו הם מנסים ללא לאות לשכנע. תגובה לג'סיקה מונטל. English, العربية
