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 ...
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...
Lebanese Fears Confirmed as Bomb Shakes Beirut
As many Lebanese had predicted, the unrest in Syria has spilled into Lebanon’s borders. Around 3pm local time, a bomb went off in Beirut. Once described as the “Paris of the Middle East,” Beirut has now been reduced to an...
Syrian-Palestinian Refugees of Rap: “The Age of Silence is Over”
Refugees Of Rap is a Syrian – Palestinian hip-hop band, one of the first in Syria. The four rappers, from Syrian, Palestinian and Algerian origin, started singing in 2005 in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, locate...
How Long can Jordan Cling to Stability in a Fractured Middle East?
Last month the British Foreign Office lengthened its list of Arab states unsuitable for travel with the addition of Lebanon. Now Jordan appears more than ever to be a fragment of peace wedged between some of the most volatile s...
Palestinian Activists Break Through Israeli Wall To Commemorate 25 Years Since Fall Of Berlin Wall
A group of young Palestinian activists have sledgehammered a hole into a separation barrier between the West Bank and Israel to mark 25 years since the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Regional Developments In The Battle For Syria
In an unfolding tragic tale of twists and turns, the Syrian conflict has transmuted from that of a show of solidarity for the Arab Spring in 2011 to that of a continuous conflagrative self-destruction perpetrated by several arm...
WATCH: Jon Snow Calls On The World To “Make A Difference” In Gaza
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine sees an increasing death toll everyday. All over the world, pro-Palestinian groups have been taking to the streets to protest against Israel’s inhumane mass murdering of P...