In haze of the wake of events following a Brexit that actually became real, there are a lot of thoughts floating around. Mostly, there are fears and questions, sure, but there is also a bit of hope out there –
The annual Sofia Gay Pride took place on the 18th of June this year and as usual, the event was surrounded by controversy, negativity and backlash from the public.
In a talk about his recent book The Politics of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon, Bassel Salloukh introduces the country’s peculiar consociationalism, its sectarian political elite and how failed postwar policies serve the clientelist logic of the systems resilience.
Europe is facing a double challenge from authoritarian and nationalist parties. From the Baltic to the Bosporus, governments have come to power which openly reject key components of liberal democracy and EU integration.
The political fallout between Lebanon’s political groups over withdrawn Saudi funding exposed a dysfunctional state in which citizens suffer from a corrupt political elite and a deteriorating quality of life.
A teenager in Northern Lebanon joined Al Qaeda’s Jabhat Al Nusra at only 17, after his uncle and cousin encouraged him. He later joined ISIS, and by 19 ended up in jail for killing a Lebanese soldier.
Though traumatized and leaderless, Palestinians remain rebellious and resolute — we continue to act in concert, bound by a collective wound.
Šejla Kamerić discusses the status of art and women in the Balkans as well as her controversial piece “Bosnian Girl.” Inspired by the graffiti printed on the walls of the army barracks of Potočari, the piece takes on a renewed
Challenging “Islamic State” is about facing the demands and needs of all Syrians and Iraqis.
Resistance and strength manifest like weeds through cracks in Chiapas, Mexico, and transnational Kurdistan where the respective Zapatista and Kurdish resistance movements are creating new gender relations as a primary part of their struggle and process for building a better
