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How One Lebanese Woman Got Everyone Talking About Porn

A new song has been making its way around Lebanese airwaves, one that’s sparked both laughter and groans. “I can’t believe there’s even a song about her now!” commented a Facebook user. The song in question? It’s ca...

by Meryl Haddad

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The Turkish Culture of Dissatisfaction

The “Riots” It has been more than three months since the Turkish protests that started as an environmental campaign to stop the Taksim Gezi Park in Istanbul from changing into anything other than a protected green area. It ...

by Ozlem Unat

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Discovery of a 30-year old Afghan Death List: Closure for Relatives of the Victims

A 30-year old death list was found by the Dutch National police during an investigation on an Afghan refugee suspected of war crimes. The list contains the names of almost 5.000 people that have been executed in 1978 and 1979 b...

by International Political Forum

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Ten Years On: No Peace for Iraq

On Saturday 12th another car bomb exploded in the Iraqi city of Samarra killing at least 14. Civilians, and more recently school children, have been deliberately targeted in attacks. The fact that the car bomb exploded in a sh...

by Michel Scholer

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Give Transition A Chance

Sunday 23rd February marked the 33rd anniversary of what Spanish people call ’23-F’. Just five years after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, the country was slowly transitioning towards democracy. But on the 2...

by Daniel Cavanillas

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Palestinian Artists Transform Gaza Destruction Into Symbols of Resistance

As the fighting in Gaza continues, the news – and particularly our social media channels – continue to be filled with images of war, destruction and suffering. As the death toll rises every day and the blame game ...

by Priyanka Mogul

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Private Military Companies: Legitimate Or Violator Of Human Rights?

The private area in warfare is far from a modern concept. Peter W. Singer states that “hiring outsiders to fight your battle is as old as war itself’’. Herbst reiterates Singer’s argument by pointing out that before sta...

by Camille Bigot

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The Procedures of Killing People Legally

Where was the world when the first 100,000 Syrians were killed? Where was the efforts for intervention when the first 2 million civilians, men, women, children and elderly fled from a conflict that didn’t care for collateral ...

by Ozlem Unat

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Scaling Back Israeli Backup

Israeli-Palestinian peace talks moderated by the US continue, with tensions high as both sides accuse one another of reneging on previous deals intended to build trust and move negotiations forward. The only consistent way towa...

by Walt Andrews

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How One Lebanese Woman Got Everyone Talking About Porn

The Turkish Culture of Dissatisfaction

Discovery of a 30-year old Afghan Death List: Closure for Relatives of the Victims

Ten Years On: No Peace for Iraq

Give Transition A Chance

Palestinian Artists Transform Gaza Destruction Into Symbols of Resistance

Private Military Companies: Legitimate Or Violator Of Human Rights?

The Procedures of Killing People Legally

Scaling Back Israeli Backup

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