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June 22, 2017
Amelia Smith
Days after the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower, Nadia, a resident in the area, asked a reporter at Press TV why the media is refusing to report the real...
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June 15, 2017
Amelia Smith
Palestinian director Raed Andoni reconstructs the trauma of detention in his film Ghost Hunting, where former Palestinian prisoners act out their memories of imprisonment.
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June 8, 2017
Amelia Smith
The hypocrisy of Egypt’s decision to join Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE in cutting off diplomatic ties with Qatar on the grounds that the Gulf state supports terrorism...
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June 5, 2017
Amelia Smith
In February 2016 Lina Ben Mhenni began an initiative to open libraries inside prisons across Tunisia as a way to counter extremism. When she announced the initiative on her...
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May 24, 2017
Amelia Smith
When Shenouda became Pope of the Coptic Church in 1971 there were only two Coptic churches in the US – one in New York and one in Los Angeles....
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May 11, 2017
Amelia Smith
It’s hard to put your finger on where exactly the ‘Muslim vote’ stood vis a vis the French election. Even though Le Pen stirred up plenty of Islamophobic sentiment...
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How familiar are you with Middle Eastern Christian chants?
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April 27, 2017
Amelia Smith
The
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April 13, 2017
Amelia Smith
Over the past two months, the world has witnessed some truly gruesome attacks and the loss of innocent civilian lives around the world. On 22 March, four people were...
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April 5, 2017
Amelia Smith
During his visit to the White House on Monday Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi told Trump he was confident the US President could broker a peace agreement between Israel...
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March 31, 2017
Amelia Smith
There are two notable things about Gaddafi, says Adam Curtis. The first is that he was obsessed with the idea he was a global thinker and the second is...
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March 29, 2017
Amelia Smith
“I always say that I try to bring dreams to a city in order to create joy,” says Lebanese artist and architect Nadim Karam when I ask him about...
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March 17, 2017
Amelia Smith
Sheikh Abdo, a refugee from Syria, had nothing when he arrived in Lebanon but still offered sanctuary to others who had crossed the border. At first people were sleeping...
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March 10, 2017
Amelia Smith
By the time Zaradasht Ahmed had finished his education in 1991 the Gulf War had started and he was conscripted into the army. Instead of serving in the armed...
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March 3, 2017
Amelia Smith
In early December relatives of 29 Christians killed in a church bombing carried the coffins of the deceased through the streets of Nasr City, a district in Cairo, to...
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October 12, 2016
Amelia Smith
When recollecting the Nakba, Palestinian refugees in Syria recall fishing in the Jordan River, the trees on their land and the houses they once lived in. With these memories...
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Days after the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower, Nadia, a resident in the area, asked a reporter at Press TV why the media is refusing to report the real...
Palestinian director Raed Andoni reconstructs the trauma of detention in his film Ghost Hunting, where former Palestinian prisoners act out their memories of imprisonment.![A protest against the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in London, UK on 4 November 2014 [Alisdare Hickson/Flickr]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2015_11_4-Protests-against-egypt-in-london22784972476_12941418ee_o.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The hypocrisy of Egypt’s decision to join Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE in cutting off diplomatic ties with Qatar on the grounds that the Gulf state supports terrorism...
In February 2016 Lina Ben Mhenni began an initiative to open libraries inside prisons across Tunisia as a way to counter extremism. When she announced the initiative on her...
When Shenouda became Pope of the Coptic Church in 1971 there were only two Coptic churches in the US – one in New York and one in Los Angeles....
It’s hard to put your finger on where exactly the ‘Muslim vote’ stood vis a vis the French election. Even though Le Pen stirred up plenty of Islamophobic sentiment...![Image of Merit Ariane Stephanos [Annie Heslop]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017_5_4-Merit-9.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
How familiar are you with Middle Eastern Christian chants?
The
Over the past two months, the world has witnessed some truly gruesome attacks and the loss of innocent civilian lives around the world. On 22 March, four people were...
During his visit to the White House on Monday Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi told Trump he was confident the US President could broker a peace agreement between Israel...![Image of Adam Curtis [Steve Rhodes/Flickr]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2005_5_1-Adam-Curtis.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
There are two notable things about Gaddafi, says Adam Curtis. The first is that he was obsessed with the idea he was a global thinker and the second is...![Image of Lebanese artist Nadim Karam [ Nadim Karam/Twitter]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017_3_30-Nadim-Karam.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
“I always say that I try to bring dreams to a city in order to create joy,” says Lebanese artist and architect Nadim Karam when I ask him about...
Sheikh Abdo, a refugee from Syria, had nothing when he arrived in Lebanon but still offered sanctuary to others who had crossed the border. At first people were sleeping...![Image of Zaradasht Ahmed [tenthousandimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1.-Director_Zaradasht-Ahmed.jpeg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
By the time Zaradasht Ahmed had finished his education in 1991 the Gulf War had started and he was conscripted into the army. Instead of serving in the armed...![Image of Coptic Christians [File photo]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/news/africa/coptic-christians-prtoesting-egypt.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
In early December relatives of 29 Christians killed in a church bombing carried the coffins of the deceased through the streets of Nasr City, a district in Cairo, to...
When recollecting the Nakba, Palestinian refugees in Syria recall fishing in the Jordan River, the trees on their land and the houses they once lived in. With these memories...