Engaging with Sadek never ceased to be a delight, a charmer who caught you with his sharpness and wit. How often have I wished to freeze that year I spent in Holland. In memoriam.
In small town Sweden, a Syrian immigrant has tried to bridge the gap between "Swedes" and "newcomers" by organising pioneering cultural events in her local library.
Turkey is now in Jarablus town with Special Forces personnel and heavy weapons including tanks, and making advances enabling it to control a strategic part of the region.
The Israeli treatment of Palestinians might serve as an ideal vantage point to scrutinize Indian rule over Kashmir.
Russian’s bombing campaign in Syria has helped put an end to Aleppo’s civil democratic experiment, once a beacon of hope. What next?
In countries where fear is employed as a weapon against freedom of speech, satire is one of the strongest tools of resistance. العربية
في البلدان التي يكون فيها الخوف سلاح لمحاربة حرية التعبير، تصبح السخرية أقوى وسائل المقاومة. English
The lesson Arab autocrats are likely to learn from Syria is simple: under the current international climate the use of severe repression is effective.
Preventing genocide is not always successful. But this time, by closing its borders, Europe has ensured that the necessary palliative care is also limited to the minimum.
If the government fails to inject real politics back into Bahraini society rather than relentless prosecution, the prognosis looks anything but positive.
Until equality and justice are within reach to all, what can Copts do to survive and how much more will they be forced to bear?
The fall of Aleppo should not restore faith in a war criminal like Assad, whose forces committed crimes against humanity and wrecked the nation to create a vacuum, allowing groups like ISIS to emerge.
