Italian activist and artist, Gianluca Costantini, has created a series of drawings calling for an end to Israel's on-going siege of Gaza, the third in five...

On Friday July 18, police in Paris banned demonstrations scheduled for the upcoming weekend in support of Palestine. The city's prefect cited the possible...

As the death count in Gaza crept even closer to 1000 today, it seemed the imprisoned, ghettoized residents of the Strip were more alone than ever. But their...

There comes a moment when one realizes that commenting on tragedy is inauthentic, if done dispassionately. It is unfaithful to the gravity of the event; it...

After spending one week in Jerusalem from July 14-19, one day in the West Bank, and one afternoon being harassed by Israeli security in Ben Gurion airport, I...

The Berbers, orImazighen (plural of Amazigh), represent the indigenous population of the North African region, where they have resided for over 4000 years,...

Zeba Khan, a writer who has been featured on NPR, Newsweek, Reuters, and The Christian Science Monitor, wrote an op-ed for Al Jazeera about President Obama’s...

BDS is a peaceful, civil disobedience initiative started by Palestinian civil society in 2005, in response to a paralyzed peace process and continued Israeli...

Since December 2013, the Algerian city of Ghardaïa has witnessed ongoing violent conflict between the city’s ethnic and religious groups. The city is home...

As the Israeli government takes a brief respite from indiscriminately shelling the Gaza Strip, we should be reminded of the opportunity we have to make a real...

TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains sexually explicit words and images. As Israel’s latest assault on Gaza enters its third week, the destructive force...

While exhorting his troops to victory in Normandy during World War II, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote the soldiers an evocative letter. Using stirring...

Muftah is putting together a Special Collection of articles exploring gender and sexual variance across the Arab and Muslim worlds and their diaspora...

As news spreads of the circumstances surrounding last week’s murder of 17-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdair, many international observers are...

Entrepreneurship has deep roots in Iranian culture. From taking charge of family-owned ho­­­jrehs (small shops) in traditional bazaars to forming technology...