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Navigating Exile: Responses from the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
by Bilal Hisam and Hakkı Taş Tens of thousands in Cairo celebrating the election of Egypt’s first civilian president, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi, June 2012. Source: Jonathan Rashad, Flickr...
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How Unique is the Israel-Palestine Conflict?
by Omar Shahabudin McDoom Protestors in support of Israel and Palestine clash in the United States. Source: Ted Eytan, CC License Views expressed in this Long Read are the author’s own and do not...
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Geopolitics of the New Middle East and Its Implications for Iran’s Regional...
By Anahita Motazed Rad Map of the Middle East, 2005. Source: wham cam, Flickr. While it was supposed that the Middle East is on the trajectory toward prosperity, peace, cooperation, and convergence,...
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Israel–Lebanon Border Clashes: The Long-Term Consequences for South Lebanon
by Anne Kirstine Rønn Mapping Escalation Along Lebanon’s Southern Border Since October 7. Source: Beirut Urban Lab. On 5 November 2023, a car was hit by an Israeli drone strike on the road between the...
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Cyberactivism and Digital Feminism – The Social Unrest of Iranian Women:...
by Angeliki Tzampazi People gather in Melbourne, in their thousands, for a second rally in a week to stand in solidarity with the Iranian protests. Source: Matt Hrkac, Flickr Women in Iran have a long...
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The Islamic State is Defeated in Iraq, but its Legacy Lives on
by Omran Omer Ali & Nazar Ameen Mohammed Soldiers from the Nineveh Plain Protection Unit patrol a mountainside at their training facility in Nineveh Province, 18 May 2016. The NPPU were formed...
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The Evolution of Repression in Iraq: The Shiite Coordination Framework’s Bid...
by Hayder Al-Shakeri & Alfadhel Ahmad A handicapped protester with crutches faces the riot police during the Tishreen (October) Revolution in Baghdad, 2017. Photo by Mostafa Nader, Wiki CC Despite...
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تطور القمع في العراق: كيف يسعى الإطار التنسيقي الشيعي للحفاظ على السّلطة؟
حيدر الشاكري و الفضل أحمد متظاهر معاق يحمل عكازين يواجه شرطة مكافحة الشغب خلال مظاهرات تشرين في بغداد، 2017. تصوير مصطفى نادر، Wiki CC. رغم انتهاء الاحتجاجات التشرينية في 2021، فإن تأثيراتها السياسية...
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Legacies of Slavery and Revolt in Iraq’s Port City
by Taif Alkhudary A 19th-century engraving depicting an Arab slave-trading caravan transporting black African slaves across the Sahara. Source: Wikimedia Commons In Zubair, a city south of Basra, a...
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الإنتخابات المحلية في العراق: أحزاب المحافظين تلتهم القوى التقليدية
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Book Review – ‘Negotiating with The Devil: Inside the World of Armed...
by Jenifer Vaughan The fog of war, sowing confusion and restricting viable options, brings forth complex ethical quandaries when balancing the imperative to uphold moral and legal principles. Those in...
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Kurdish Prison Writings After 25 Years of Extreme Isolation on İmralı Island
by Alex Creamer Abdulah Öcalan in his prison cell on İmralı Island (circa. 2001), Sakine Cansiz in Çanakkale prison, with portraits of Leyla Qasim and Mazlum Doğan 1990. No Response to International...
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Geopolitical Manoeuvring in the Middle East: Russia Strategically Walking the...
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‘From the House to the Fire’: The Gender Quota and Women’s Substantive...
by Tail Alkhudary Women chant campaign slogans at Iraqia rally. Photo: Omar Chatriwala, Flickr. On a crisp winter day in Baghdad, I took a taxi to the political office of the Taqadom MP Wihda...
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Book Review – The Achilles Trap, Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins...
by Jenifer Vaughan As the spectacle of operation ‘Shock and Awe’ unfolded, I was ensconced in CNN’s control room helping to orchestrate the flurry of live shots from reporters across the globe. Amidst...
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A Tale of Two Oil Producing Countries and Their Attitude Towards Electric...
by Andri Ottesen Kuwait, 1961. Source: Brett Jordan, Flickr. Even though geographically different, Kuwait and Norway have many similarities in terms of their wealth accumulation, economy, and...
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More Versions of Denial: Human Rights Abuses in Gaza and Israel
by Judith Suissa In a powerful recent piece in the London Review of Books, ‘Versions of Denial’, Conor Gearty draws on the work of my late father, Stanley Cohen, to analyse the denial of Israel’s...
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Lethal PUK/KDP Divisions Facilitate the Demise of Kurdish Autonomy in Iraq
by Zmkan Ali Saleem Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and his deputy Qubad Talabani meet in May 2023. Source: PM Office, KRI Located at the centre of the Middle East, the Kurdistan Region...
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