Strategy Page One of the many things the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings revealed about the Arab world was that there was less difference between “moderate” and…
By Drew Brown/CPJ Guest Blogger Journalists ride in an army soldiers’ carrier to the front line during clashes between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad…
Ahran Online New book by Sohail El-Habib gives an overview of the ideological concepts that prevailed amid the Arab revolutions, with a nuanced look at…
Social tensions due to inequality are increasing across the globe By Stefano Scarpetta – The Daily Star When the benefits of economic growth are distributed very…
The Malaysian Insider The Arab Spring protests have presented interesting examples of the complex power relations between traditional and new methods of social media reporting…
WorldBulletin.net As many as 180,000 have been killed in countries affected by the Arab Spring since it started in 2011. World Bulletin / News Desk The…
Gulf News OPINION It will potentially be fuelled by political and socio-economic discontent to which social media is giving new impetus By Andrew Hammond | Special…
It has long been fashionable to describe Turkey as a model for the Middle East, if not the Islamic world. I’ve written on these pages…