Syrian Medical Student Tries to Keep up With What Is Happening in the World
While under siege in a very sad place in the world, a Syrian medical student volunteers to do some good and keep up with the world. Here is the 24-year-old…
The Reshaping of the Middle East
Battle and bloodshed in a dozen places across the region, a breakdown of law, order and normal existence in large areas, hordes of terrified refugees fleeing from conflict and from…
Syrian Painter Keeps Going Despite Pain
Despite the atrocities of war in Syria, Abu Malek, aged 21, continues to paint on walls in destroyed neighbourhoods to express the suffering and conditions Syrians live. Here is Abu…
Syrians Are Not Numbers, Or Are They?
Hundreds of Syrians all over the world posted photos of themselves with numbers on their foreheads in an attempt to humanize the thousands of victims killed at the hands of…
Syrian Rebel Leader Changes His Conservative Rhetoric in a First Talk With an American Newspaper
A Syrian rebel leader changes his conservative rhetoric in his first interview with an American newspaper. Leader of Jaish Al-Islam (The Army of Islam), Zahran Alloush, changes conservative stances when…
What SouriaLi Radio Did For Syrian Children
SouriaLi, a Syrian Arabic-speaking radio station, emerged after the uprisings in Syria had started in 2011. It, among others, tackles issues about children in the Syrian context. SouriaLi produces material for…
UN Out-of-School Children Initiative (video)
In late 2014, UNICEF MENA commissioned a short film, You Know Me, about why the region’s children are not in school. Shooting took place in Jordan and Morocco, and the film…
The Middle East Enjoys a High-Context Culture While Europe Does Not
The Middle East tends to enjoy a high-context culture whereas Europe tends to enjoy different levels of lower context culture in comparison with the Middle East. Here is what this…
This Where We Don’t See the Arab World
The Freedom House’s report on Freedom in the World 2015 reveals how Arab states and monarchies are lagging behind when looking at political rights and civil liberties. Here is how…
We Demand Justice for Bangladeshi Freethinker Avijit Roy
Here we are sharing Avijit Roy's story to say that there are many of us who may think and feel the same way.