News on politics, security and defence in the Middle East and North Africa
An Egyptian belly dancer, who was allowed by the Supreme Elections Commission to run for parliament, has been banned by the Supreme Administrative Court for lacking a “good reputation”. Becoming…
Here is an important party in Syria that we do not here much about: “I don’t know exactly, but everything seems more beautiful after the snowfall… as if the…
Lots of people have contacted us this week asking about the best way to support Syrian refugees. We believe that these refugees are the best people to answer that question…
[ezcol_1fifth][starbox][/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth] This question has been on the news all over the world: Why don’t Gulf States receive Syrian refugees, especially that they have the most belligerent tone in the…
It is more often that we hear questions such as why do people comply with authoritarian exploitation? Why don’t they rebel, reform or change the status quo? Don’t they like…
In recent months, there have been a plethora of stories emerging from Egypt, in which women’s clothing and bodies have been policed. Women have been arrested, barred and publicly condemned…
Who Says Popular Quest for Change in the Middle East Has Been Quelled? A series of recent mass protests in several Arab countries have called into question suggestions that civil…
In March 2011 a few teenagers in a southern Syrian city – fired up no doubt by the revolutionary fervour sweeping the Middle East at the time – daubed some…
Hamas’s fortunes have taken a turn for the worse. The de facto government of the Gaza strip suddenly finds itself in difficulties on four fronts: deteriorating external relations, including financial…
Here are few stories of some Syrians who do little things to live on. These stories are nothing but heartbreaking. I spent my whole life in these neighbourhoods. And now…