Politics
Iran, once home to one of the most impressive and world-shaping empires in history, is…
Protests erupted in Lebanon last Thursday in response to a government announcement of austerity measures, including a tax on WhatsApp calls. While the WhatsApp tax has made headlines worldwide and is being widely reported as the cause of the uprising, public anger actually runs much deeper, and the current demonstrations are in fact the eruption of years of frustration with a corrupt and ineffective political elite. These protests – which have brought people together across class, regional and sectarian divides – could mark a new era in Lebanese, and perhaps regional politics.
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Bassem Youssef, a heart surgeon living with his wife and baby daughter in Cairo, was…
Zainab Salbi is an Iraqi humanitarian, author and activist who founded Women for Women International…
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“Music gives me power, it gives me hope. It moves hearts… Strings have more power than bullets, stronger than bullets” – Masoud Buisir, the Troubadour of the Libyan revolution.
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Famous for its bizarre natural life and dramatic scenery, the Yemeni island of Socotra is…