May 24, 2017
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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....
May 11, 2017
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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...
May 6, 2017
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Amelia Smith How familiar are you with Middle Eastern Christian chants?
April 27, 2017
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Amelia Smith These brutal killings were caught on video, along with the bodies of other men who appear to have suffered the same fate.
April 13, 2017
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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...
April 5, 2017
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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...
March 31, 2017
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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...
March 29, 2017
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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...
March 17, 2017
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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...
March 10, 2017
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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...
March 3, 2017
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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...
October 12, 2016
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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...
October 4, 2016
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Amelia Smith When Omar’s family crossed the Turkey-Bulgaria border it was February and it had begun to snow. Whilst the children took shelter, urinating on themselves to keep warm, Omar’s father...
September 27, 2016
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Amelia Smith On Saturday military strongman Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi promised to punish the “wrongdoers” responsible for the boat that capsized off the coast of Egypt last week. At least 194 people...
September 21, 2016
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Amelia Smith In a recent interview with Channel 4 News one of President Assad’s key advisors said reports of chlorine attacks on children are “irrelevant to reality”. She was referring to...
September 17, 2016
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Amelia Smith US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has become the latest in long line of world leaders queuing up to meet Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi. Whilst Clinton will meet...
September 5, 2016
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Amelia Smith In June, Oscar-winning screenwriter David Franzoni announced his upcoming biography of the 13-century Persian poet Rumi, a production he believes will counter the negative portrayal of Muslims put forward...
August 30, 2016
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Amelia Smith "There can be a pornographic interest in reducing Syrian and Palestinian artists to spectacles, relics and survivors"
August 15, 2016
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Amelia Smith Ayman Abbasi was beaten so badly when he was arrested his parents could barely recognise their son at the court hearing. He was held at Almaskoubia interrogation centre, released...
August 4, 2016
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Amelia Smith It took seven years to complete, over £10 million of taxpayers’ money yet a paperback version will set you back by £767: The Chilcot report. For those that don’t...
August 4, 2016
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Amelia Smith Manar Shab’an builds vertical gardens by growing taller vine vegetables above varieties that grow in the shade they provide. In her greenhouses she weaves together vertical and horizontal growing...
July 26, 2016
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Amelia Smith In the seventh century Arab World a king’s legitimacy was recognised through the praise he received from his contemporary poets – because of this a ruler is often remembered...
July 19, 2016
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Amelia Smith When Nai’s mum was pregnant with her second daughter she asked her neighbours to help think of a name. “If I had a third daughter I would call her...
July 14, 2016
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Amelia Smith Since his surprise appointment as Foreign Secretary yesterday, much has been made of Boris Johnson’s column in the Telegraph. In a particularly disturbing contribution that was penned in the...
July 11, 2016
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Amelia Smith Like the people of Palestine, African Americans in the US will continue to be subject to discrimination and violence long after the cameras withdraw
July 5, 2016
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Amelia Smith Amir Darwish tells me that poetry chose him at the age of 16. Originally from Kobani in northern Syria, he was born and raised in Aleppo – making poetry...
June 27, 2016
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Amelia Smith In the early eighties Adnan Al-Sayegh and his friend Ali Al-Ramahi spent much time discussing and writing poetry together. One day one of Ali’s works was published – it was critical of Saddam Hussein and his government and several days later he was killed. “Until...
June 21, 2016
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Amelia Smith “Peace in the context of some of the communities we’re working in is such a loaded term. We actually avoid using it because peace can mean surrender, submission."
June 20, 2016
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Amelia Smith In 2016 up to 150,000 refugees will pass through the West African country of Niger and cross its northern border into Libya or Algeria to catch a boat and...
May 13, 2016
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Amelia Smith During his 2009 speech at Cairo University, not long after he assumed office, President Barack Obama declared he was in the Egyptian capital to “seek a new beginning between...
When life in Egypt becomes too trying for a group of Syrian refugees who have escaped the war back home they decide to make the journey like thousands before...
On international women’s day an interview with Amber Fares, the director of Speed Sisters Amber Fares was living in Ramallah when a friend invited her to a street car...
![Amelia Smith seen at Middle East Monitor's 'Jerusalem: Legalising the Occupation' conference in London, UK on 3 March, 2018 [Jehan Alfarra/Middle East Monitor]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/104A0956.jpg?resize=400%2C385&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
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://i1.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?
These brutal killings were caught on video, along with the bodies of other men who appear to have suffered the same fate.
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://i1.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://i2.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://i0.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...![[image from ITV]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/itv-the_forgotten_children_03.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
When Omar’s family crossed the Turkey-Bulgaria border it was February and it had begun to snow. Whilst the children took shelter, urinating on themselves to keep warm, Omar’s father...
On Saturday military strongman Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi promised to punish the “wrongdoers” responsible for the boat that capsized off the coast of Egypt last week. At least 194 people...
In a recent interview with Channel 4 News one of President Assad’s key advisors said reports of chlorine attacks on children are “irrelevant to reality”. She was referring to...![Image of the Italian student and researcher Giulio Regen [File photo]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/people/giulio-regeni-02.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has become the latest in long line of world leaders queuing up to meet Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi. Whilst Clinton will meet...
In June, Oscar-winning screenwriter David Franzoni announced his upcoming biography of the 13-century Persian poet Rumi, a production he believes will counter the negative portrayal of Muslims put forward...
"There can be a pornographic interest in reducing Syrian and Palestinian artists to spectacles, relics and survivors"
Ayman Abbasi was beaten so badly when he was arrested his parents could barely recognise their son at the court hearing. He was held at Almaskoubia interrogation centre, released...
It took seven years to complete, over £10 million of taxpayers’ money yet a paperback version will set you back by £767: The Chilcot report. For those that don’t...
Manar Shab’an builds vertical gardens by growing taller vine vegetables above varieties that grow in the shade they provide. In her greenhouses she weaves together vertical and horizontal growing...
In the seventh century Arab World a king’s legitimacy was recognised through the praise he received from his contemporary poets – because of this a ruler is often remembered...
When Nai’s mum was pregnant with her second daughter she asked her neighbours to help think of a name. “If I had a third daughter I would call her...
Since his surprise appointment as Foreign Secretary yesterday, much has been made of Boris Johnson’s column in the Telegraph. In a particularly disturbing contribution that was penned in the...
Like the people of Palestine, African Americans in the US will continue to be subject to discrimination and violence long after the cameras withdraw
Amir Darwish tells me that poetry chose him at the age of 16. Originally from Kobani in northern Syria, he was born and raised in Aleppo – making poetry...
In the early eighties Adnan Al-Sayegh and his friend Ali Al-Ramahi spent much time discussing and writing poetry together. One day one of Ali’s works was published – it was critical of Saddam Hussein and his government and several days later he was killed. “Until...![Image of Syrian refugees in Lebanon [Anadolu]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/20160620_1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
“Peace in the context of some of the communities we’re working in is such a loaded term. We actually avoid using it because peace can mean surrender, submission."![Migrants captured on Aegean Sea [file photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/middle-east/Migrants-on-a-boat-at-sea-trying-to-make-their-way-to-greece-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
In 2016 up to 150,000 refugees will pass through the West African country of Niger and cross its northern border into Libya or Algeria to catch a boat and...
During his 2009 speech at Cairo University, not long after he assumed office, President Barack Obama declared he was in the Egyptian capital to “seek a new beginning between...
When life in Egypt becomes too trying for a group of Syrian refugees who have escaped the war back home they decide to make the journey like thousands before...
On international women’s day an interview with Amber Fares, the director of Speed Sisters Amber Fares was living in Ramallah when a friend invited her to a street car...