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Why Do We Call It Middle East?

Without realizing it, you are accustomed to the Eurocentric view of the world map: Europe is in the middle of the atlas and all other continents are gathered around. You don’t even question it, because this is how we were tau...

by Paula Munteanu

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Confessing The Sins Of Consociationalism: Democracy in Lebanon

Lebanon has been debating the creation of a new electoral system since the end of its civil war in 1990, but with new elections scheduled for 2014, the country needs to reach a decision on how it plans to reform group represent...

by Hugh Oberlander

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The paradox of Kenyan tourism: How fears of extremism let terror grow

The eastern coast of Kenya, home to millions of people and the pearl of the country’s once-booming tourist industry, is now slowly draining itself of foreign visitors. Growing unemployment lands fertile ground for drug tr...

by Mateusz Mazzini

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South Sudan: Africa’s Newest Country, Africa’s Next Genocide?

On July 9th 2011, over two decades of civil war climaxed in the creation of  South Sudan. Celebrations of independence broke out in Juba, capital of the  world’s newest nation state, after a referendum to secede had b...

by Marc Scarisbrick

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Bent Nigeria: Religion, Violence, And Boko Haram

“Brothers pulverised 21 armoured tanks. People were killed in their multitudes, bodies scattered all over…Had Allah allowed us to eat them we would have eaten them but we are not cannibals. This is a victory from Allah. The...

by Tamar Ziff

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Unfinished Exodus? The Jewish Community of Iran

The Middle East has always been home to vibrant Jewish communities, whose history in the region dates back more than 3,000 years. Despite occasional bouts of tension, Jews were generally permitted to practice their religion pea...

by Miriam Puttick

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Growing Islamophobia In France: Towards A Revival Of The Extreme Right?

As the French Muslim population has been steadily growing, so has violence against them. Absent from the media a few years ago, the term ‘islamophobia’ is now frequently used to describe prejudice and hatred towards Muslims...

by Clemence Douchez-Lortet

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Young, Hip And Worshipping Shiva In India

Is Shiva the cool god of the younger generation? The Hindu deity appears these days on television, in books, movies and even on tattoos. Popular Indian cricket star, Ravindra Jadeja, who has more than 112,000 Twitter followe...

by Global Voices

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Boko Haram: A challenge for Africa

Sunni Jihadi group Boko Haram, originally from Nigeria, has carried out their first fatal attack in Chad, according to locals and army spokespeople.

by Bauke Danielle Schram

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Why Do We Call It Middle East?

Confessing The Sins Of Consociationalism: Democracy in Lebanon

The paradox of Kenyan tourism: How fears of extremism let terror grow

South Sudan: Africa’s Newest Country, Africa’s Next Genocide?

Bent Nigeria: Religion, Violence, And Boko Haram

Unfinished Exodus? The Jewish Community of Iran

Growing Islamophobia In France: Towards A Revival Of The Extreme Right?

Young, Hip And Worshipping Shiva In India

Boko Haram: A challenge for Africa

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