Egyptian protesters during demonstrations in Cairo, January 2011 On December 17, 2010, a street vendor in Tunis, n...
This is part two of a recent conversation I had with students, faculty, and alumni at New York University just before the start of my program "Global ...
There is hope yet for citizenship and dignity, as we saw on the faces of people who took to the streets across Moroccan cities, denouncing the death of the young fish seller Mouhcine Fikri Al-Hoceima.
A video by Saudi youth seeks to promote scientific reasoning and civil discourse. How do Saudi youth view their country's foreign policies, domesti...
"AT SOME POINT WE DECIDED TO STOP BEING SILENT AND OUR REVOLUTION STARTED." - Hussein Ghrer, human rights activist, Syria December 17, 2010 Tunisia: ...
The Russian state media's information war with Saudi Arabia and the United States over Yemen furthers Russia's strategic interests in two main ways. First, by depicting Saudi Arabia as a savage aggressor in Yemen, the Russian government has strengthened its covert efforts to rally international support around the Houthis' cause.
"I Hate You." A powerful statement and title of a 385-page study on hate speech and sectarianism in "Arab Spring" media. ...
It sometimes seems as though the older generations of Egyptians, those who have lived for decades under a dictator, have forgotten what freedom tastes like and failed to fight for it. But I will always remember that 11-year-old boy whose dream for the future was simply that he would be free. There are many more like him. And they will have their way.
Donald Trump’s stunning 305-233 electoral victory (with the popular vote almost a dead-heat, but still counting) begs a question: how could so few ...
Even though we may think we are above more "primitive" or "tribal" ways of hating, we are being manipulated to treat much of life as a team sport that can be fatal.
It is difficult to tell when exactly the relationship between the western media and the Old Sana'a's beautiful architecture began. That relationship was contagious that it was duplicated in the Arab media.
The failure of the opposition to coalesce under a dynamic leadership and create a national movement to stop Netanyahu and demand peace now will put Israel's future in jeopardy.
Heath J. Prince, University of Texas at Austin The 2011 Arab Spring was a clear signal to governments and ruling parties that the time had come for ...
'Brexit' bears too much resemblance to the 'Arab Spring' - and unfortunately - this is not meant in a good way.
In a word Obama foreign policy has been adequate. His victories have been equally matched by his failures. His policy has neither substantially forwar...
It speaks to the openness of Tunisia that there exists a gay club, yet it is tucked inside a bourgeois enclave of exclusion.