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In the Shadow of Syria: Will Lebanon Soon be Shrouded?

With news reports flooding in highlighting the ever deepening involvement of Hezbollah in Bashar al-Assad’s struggle for Syria, the scenario which so many Lebanese feared appears to be on the brink of being realized. Conflict...

by Michael Brown

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Is Iran’s Most Believable Presidential Candidate a Fictional Character?

The iron fist of Iran’s regime allows no chance for opposition candidates to run in the presidential election, but in the virtual realm, a new graphic novel character is the champion of a free and fair election. Hundreds ...

by Global Voices

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Silent No More: Lebanon’s Migrants Fight the Kafala System

On the 14th of March 2012, a woman named Alem Dechasa committed suicide by hanging herself in her room at Der El-Salib mental hospital. Four days prior, as witnessed by an amateur video, she was kidnapped by her owner, her ma...

by Joey Ayoub

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What is Sport and Where is it Located? Lessons from Bahrain

As Formula One thankfully revs up its engines in preparation for a return to the less controversial shores of Western Europe, the Western media’s hue and cry over the Bahrain grand prix has been reduced to a low roar. Discuss...

by Jed Fazakarley

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WATCH: The Future Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Five Broken Cameras, a documentary nominated for the 2013 Oscars, has been acclaimed as the most successful video of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Perhaps equally as significant however was the footage of the documentary bei...

by Jessica Trevis

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When Chemical Weapons & Terrorist Groups Are Better Excuses

The last few weeks have been generous in events and catastrophes, from the Boston bombings to the Iraqi bloodshed, from the attack in Libya against the French embassy to the Somali terror wave and the Iranian devastating earthq...

by Mohamed Belarbi

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F1 and Domestic Politics: Should it Matter?

The F1 world exists in a bubble of its own. Although highly political, its politics are usually internal, and as such the domestic politics of the host nation rarely rates a mention. Granted, (by and large, with exceptions of c...

by Yassmin Abdel-Magied

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Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World

The Frontline Club recently hosted Shereen El Feki, author of Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World. With her new book released in March 2013, El Feki explores the sexual lives of men and women in Egypt a...

by Diana Naoum

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The Return of the Ottoman

The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has the status of a national hero in the Middle East. This status was first created during his now famous walk-out during a debate with Shimon Peres during the World Economic...

by Maged Mandour

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In the Shadow of Syria: Will Lebanon Soon be Shrouded?

Is Iran’s Most Believable Presidential Candidate a Fictional Character?

Silent No More: Lebanon’s Migrants Fight the Kafala System

What is Sport and Where is it Located? Lessons from Bahrain

WATCH: The Future Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

When Chemical Weapons & Terrorist Groups Are Better Excuses

F1 and Domestic Politics: Should it Matter?

Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World

The Return of the Ottoman

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