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What an Investigation of Racism in Lebanon Revealed

France24 lead an investigation in Lebanon to try and find out whether domestic workers suffer abuse in Lebanon. I’m sure you already know the answer. The France24 team divided their investigation in two parts: The first o...

by Joey Ayoub

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Ignorance causes Islamophobia in the Netherlands

A video showing a young Dutch man talking about Moroccans, and why he thinks that extreme-right politician Geert Wilders is correct in saying that they should return to what he thinks it their ‘home’, went viral a...

by Bauke Danielle Schram

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UNESCO’s “Unite4Heritage” Campaign: Effective in the Middle East?

‘Syrian citizens were bent over, crumbled to the floor in rubble and crying for the loss they felt from seeing their buildings and monuments destroyed. These brave people had risked their own lives to try to save these ...

by Flo Carson

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Is Christianity perishing in the Middle East?

Christianity’s Holy Book, The Bible, is replete with the history, stories of the Jews, other people and places of the Middle East from early civilisation to the Romans. Among several Biblical stories are those of the birth of...

by Samson Faboye

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Armenia’s genocide

In an address to a group of Nazi leaders and Wehrmacht Generals in 1939, the German Führer, Adolf Hitler was reported to have said: “Who, after all, speaks today about the annihilation of the Armenians…….?” The...

by Samson Faboye

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The Papal Contenders

“He that hath knowledge spareth his words” (Proverbs 17:27) He that hath knowledge spareth his words indeed, a proverb which in light of the recent shock announcement of Pope Benedict XVI’s unorthodox resignation seems mo...

by Benjamin Meggitt

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The Changing Face Of Jihad

Since 2001, the common Western understanding of radical Islamic terrorism has revolved almost exclusively around the Middle East. The idea of violent jihadism automatically conjures up mental images of Afghanistan, Lebanon, and...

by Jack Stukel

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How Far Will One Woman Go To Uncover The Mysteries Of Honour Killings?

When Amy Logan first learned that Druze women and girls live in fear of honor killing, she herself was involved in a physically and verbally abusive relationship. She found herself identifying profoundly with these women, and...

by Priyanka Mogul

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The Pros and Cons of Drafting Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox

The Israeli public largely objects to the current policy of allowing ultra-orthodox Jewish youth to avoid army service, but the rule has long been upheld thanks to political power play. Now, for the first time in 18 years, an I...

by Global Voices

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What an Investigation of Racism in Lebanon Revealed

Ignorance causes Islamophobia in the Netherlands

UNESCO’s “Unite4Heritage” Campaign: Effective in the Middle East?

Is Christianity perishing in the Middle East?

Armenia’s genocide

The Papal Contenders

The Changing Face Of Jihad

How Far Will One Woman Go To Uncover The Mysteries Of Honour Killings?

The Pros and Cons of Drafting Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox

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