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…
Does Globalisation Lead to Democracy in the Middle East?
Before the widespread use of the term globalization, and following the end of the Cold War, the field of international relations was briefly dominated by the short-lived concept of a…
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…
What Michael Mann Has to Say on Power – A Summary by Daniel Little
In 1986 Michael Mann began a strikingly ambitious project — to give a theoretical and historical account of the history of power in human history. This effort came to closure…
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…
A Safe Zone for Syrian Children
Please add your voice to the campaign on Avaaz.org to save the lives of innocent children in Syria. It is not OK that the regime drops chlorine bombs on innocent…
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.