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United States lifts sanctions off Syria in light of earthquake

At approximately 4 AM on Monday, February 7, a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and Northern Syria, causing...
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Asmaa Jomha

Has the world changed its perception of Arabs?

For the past few months, Qatar has been in the spotlight of the West’s media, and not necessarily in a...
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Ali Tfaili

World Leaders Gather for Implementation at COP27  

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27 for short is the 27th edition of the UN-led conference to tackle global warming. It is being held from 6 November until 18 November 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.   More than 100 heads of state and representatives of 190 countries are expected to attend. However, three of the world’s...
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Mohamed Ben Fredj

Why Alaa Abd El Fattah’s Case is a Long History of Regional Violence  

BEIRUT  – As the world turns its gaze to Sharm-el-Sheikh, where world leaders have congregated for the UN climate negotiations,...
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Marwan Issa

One Egyptian activist out of prison, another 3 in

This comes as part of a long history of authoritarian regimes in Egypt silencing, persecuting, and jailing dissidents
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

5 ways to help Palestine from Lebanon

The Israeli forces withdrew from Southern Lebanon 21 years ago today, on Liberation Day. But Palestinians are still suffering under the weight of their occupation. Here are 5 ways you can help Palestine from Lebanon.
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Cendrella Azar

The Discretionary Social Media: From the Arab Spring to Palestine

Today, algorithmic bias across social media throttles the voices of Palestinians and actively threatens democracy.
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Jala Tower destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. (Photo: NBC News via Mahmud Hams / AFP / Getty Images)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

No signs of a ceasefire as Israel continues to bombard Gaza

Israeli airstrikes have so far killed 219 Palestinian people, including 63 children, in the occupation's attempt to "eradicate Hamas."
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Danah Kaouri

Zionist apartheid extends to online spaces

Palestinian voices are being silenced on social media platforms, with multiple incidents being recorded on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Older man waves a Palestinian flag in Sheikh Jarrah. Photo: flickr.com/photos/libertinus, taken on April 22, 2011.
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Palestine protests: A full timeline of Sheikh Jarrah events

Since 1972, Israeli settlers have routinely dragged Palestinians out of their Sheikh Jarrah homes and forcibly removed their possessions.
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3D Digital Earth shows concept of global network
Marwan Issa

Bird’s eye view politics and the detachment from “real” human consequences

Developing mega-city projects through a macroscopic, map-based, satellite lens has wider implications on the ground.
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“Assad’s Syria”: Tales of torture and broken humanity
Cendrella Azar

“Assad’s Syria”: Tales of torture and broken humanity

“We led a revolution to stay. Yet here we are, kicked out of our beloved Syria.”
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