Opinion

April 16, 2012

International Religion Reporting Gets a Boost

By Ruth Eglash It’s an issue that affects people’s lives across the world everyday yet most media institutions do not – Read More...
April 10, 2012

Israel Needs Borders for Its Own Good

By Ben Lynfield With international attention distracted by Iran and Syria, Israel’s fateful entanglement in the West Bank hardly gets – Read More...
April 10, 2012

Middle Eastern Americans Transcend Politics with Humour

By Sadia Ashraf A motley crew of diverse Arab, Persian and American comedians is making audiences laugh and unravelling stereotypes – Read More...
April 2, 2012

Pivoting from the Military ‘Option’ back to Diplomacy

By Barbara Slavin After months of sabre-rattling rhetoric by Iran, Israel and the United States, there seems to be a – Read More...
April 2, 2012

Libya Is Free if We Believe It’s Free

By Khalid Al-Badawi, Muhammad Al-Taip and Mohannad Awn As natives of Tripoli in our mid-20s, we are part of the – Read More...
April 2, 2012

A New Platform of Hope for Arab Youth

By Ramakant Vempati and Justin Sykes The Arab world today is home to millions of young people with hopes, plans – Read More...
March 26, 2012

A Transplant Connecting Israelis and Palestinians

By Emmanuelle Hazan Dr Raz Somech is one of the main figures in the deeply moving documentary Precious Life which – Read More...
March 26, 2012

Using Dialogue to Boost Yemen’s Economy

By Abubakr Al-Shamahi On February 21, Yemenis went to the polls to vote for their new transitional president. This election, – Read More...
March 12, 2012

Why Egypt Needs a Coalition Government

By Mustafa Abdelhalim Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Egypt have repeatedly made calls for a new coalition government, which would represent – Read More...
March 12, 2012

Creating New Spaces for Muslim Youth in the UK

By Marium Sattar While sitting across from me in a café near the British Museum in London, a British Iraqi – Read More...