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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  Dancing with the devil: how the EU is complicit in Egypt’s brutal regime

  Published on: 11 December 2020

  Written by: Andrea Teti All articles by Andrea Teti

  Written by: Vivienne Matthies-Boon All articles by Vivienne Matthies-Boon

  Just weeks after staff from an Egyptian human rights group were arrested on terror charges, Macron rolled out the...

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Opinion

  What exactly is Erdoganism?

  Published on: 7 December 2020

  Written by: Ahmet Insel All articles by Ahmet Insel

  The spectacle of Erdoganism is much closer to a tribal state than to a state governed by the rule of law.

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Opinion

  Sanctions not normalisation are needed to stop Israel’s human rights abuses

  Published on: 30 November 2020

  Written by: Maha Hussaini All articles by Maha Hussaini

  Until when will the Israeli government be allowed to continue its transgressions without international accountability?

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  Will Europe stop covering up the crimes of the Egyptian regime?

  Published on: 24 November 2020

  Written by: Alaa Bilal All articles by Alaa Bilal

  The latest wave of arrests of EIPR human rights activists in Egypt exposes Europe’s complicity with the regime.

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  COVID-19 has deepened the 'pandemic of poverty' for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

  Published on: 23 November 2020

  Written by: Stephen McCloskey All articles by Stephen McCloskey

  Social and economic upheaval in Lebanon in 2020 has deepened and magnified the poverty of Palestinian refugees.

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  For young Syrian refugees, education and employment cannot remain apolitical

  Published on: 20 November 2020

  Written by: Maha Shuayb All articles by Maha Shuayb

  Written by: Cathrine Brun All articles by Cathrine Brun

  Why is it that despite the huge efforts invested by donors and UN agencies, do young refugees continue to struggle...

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  How Algeria’s new regime won a referendum but lost legitimacy

  Published on: 13 November 2020

  Written by: Rayane Anser All articles by Rayane Anser

  Why did the 2020 constitutional amendment in Algeria fail to give Tebboune’s regime the legitimacy it desperately needs?

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  How Syria’s Afrin became hell for Kurds

  Published on: 11 November 2020

  Written by: Rachel Hagan All articles by Rachel Hagan

  Turkish backed militias have turned life in Afrin into one of constant fear of torture, kidnapping, and death.

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  Published in: Global Extremes

  How can religiously inspired ideas explain violent extremism in Egypt?

  Published on: 2 November 2020

  Written by: Georges Fahmi All articles by Georges Fahmi

  What role do religiously inspired ideas play in shaping the current wave of violent extremism in Egypt?

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  What can the 2019 uprisings in North Africa and West Asia teach us?

  Published on: 30 October 2020

  Written by: Jade Saab All articles by Jade Saab

  Only by building regional bridges can effective resistance to global capitalism be achieved.

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  Is Lebanon becoming a police state?

  Published on: 16 October 2020

  Written by: Walid el Houri All articles by Walid el Houri

  A year after protests swept the country, two and a half months after the Beirut port explosion, the Lebanese elite...

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Opinion

  Nagorno Karabakh and Turkey’s imperial ambitions

  Published on: 12 October 2020

  Written by: Maria Armoudian All articles by Maria Armoudian

  Written by: Serj Tankian All articles by Serj Tankian

  The ongoing war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is part of Turkey’s neo-imperial ambitions in the region and it must...

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  In Sudan, women are still facing the deadly threat of the military

  Published on: 5 October 2020

  Written by: Sudanese Women Rights Action (SUWRA) All articles by Sudanese Women Rights Action (SUWRA)

  Women activists, journalists, artists and protesters remain at the forefront of the continuous struggle against the...

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  What are Syrian mercenaries doing in Azerbaijan?

  Published on: 2 October 2020

  Written by: Veysi Dag All articles by Veysi Dag

  How can we understand the presence of Turkish backed Syrian mercenaries in Azerbaijan?

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  A year after the October uprising, Iraqis have more reasons to protest

  Published on: 1 October 2020

  Written by: Nabil Salih All articles by Nabil Salih

  Iraq’s October uprising was a wake-up call for desperate generations caught in an endless cycle of poverty,...

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  What exactly is happening in Libya?

  Published on: 29 September 2020

  Written by: Shahed Ezaydi All articles by Shahed Ezaydi

  Libya has become part of a geo-political proxy war, where everyone involved has their own personal interests in...

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  BBC’s documentary on the Iraq war overlooks genocide

  Published on: 22 September 2020

  Written by: Elizabeth Monier All articles by Elizabeth Monier

  BBC’s documentary 'Once upon a Time in Iraq' ignores the decimation of the Christian and Yazidi communities.

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  Who’s talking about sex and modern relationships in Arabic?

  Published on: 18 September 2020

  Written by: Aman Bezreh All articles by Aman Bezreh

  Sex and relationship conversations in Arabic media are dominated by conservative figures pushing a religious agenda.

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  In the absence of the state, people are leading Beirut’s recovery

  Published on: 11 September 2020

  Written by: Aseel Naamani All articles by Aseel Naamani

  Written by: Ruth Simpson All articles by Ruth Simpson

  A month after the Beirut blast, a people-centred recovery is key to peaceful change.

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  Iran’s #MeToo movement challenges patriarchy and western stereotypes

  Published on: 1 September 2020

  Written by: Sara Tafakori All articles by Sara Tafakori

  The movement is part of a global outpouring of anger against male privilege, with Iranian women as agents who do not...