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October 31, 2015

The hidden story of Iraqi music

There is a moment towards the beginning of Marsha Emerman’s award-winning documentary On the Banks of the Tigris in which the protagonist and co-collaborator of the film Majid Shokor...

Reviews
October 31, 2015

The Pillage of Egypt by Sisi and Britain, Inc.

In echoes of Britain’s support of Saddam Hussein in the 1980s along with the US, and Margaret Thatcher’s thanks to August Pinochet for “bringing democracy to Chile”, Britain will...

Article
October 31, 2015

Abbas meets ICC prosecutor amid increasing Israeli violence against Palestinians

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas met on Friday ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda at The Hague amid continued Israeli violence against Palestinians, Arab48.com reported Palestinian officials as saying. PA...

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October 31, 2015

Iraqis protest against slow government reforms

Thousands of Iraqi in 10 different governates in the south and centre of the country gathered on Friday to protest against slow reforms pledged by the government, Anadolu reported....

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October 31, 2015

Russian jet with 224 people aboard crashes in Egypt’s Sinai

A Russian passenger plane with more than 200 people aboard crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, according to the Egyptian Prime Minister’s office. A Russian Airbus A-321 aircraft...

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October 31, 2015

I got 643 days of torture. My tormentor gets Cameron’s red carpet

Only 13 days after John Kerry, the US secretary of state, opined that the Egyptian military was “restoring democracy”, a bullet missed my head by inches when that same...

Article
October 30, 2015

Fanon in Palestine Part 2: From Sumud to Surrender

ast week, the life, times and writings of Frantz Fanon were examined, with specific focus on his concept of recognition. Fanon, with literary deftness and intellectual mastery, managed to...

Article
October 30, 2015

The week in pictures

Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…...

Videos & Photo Stories
October 30, 2015

Kerry and the legitimacy of the desecration of Al-Aqsa

It is difficult for anyone to argue the United States is not a party within the Arab-Israeli conflict especially in light of its indisputable bias in favour of the...

Article
October 30, 2015

Cameron’s blind spot in Libya

It is easy to assume that in the British context, the mistake of invading Libya was down to decisions made by David Cameron himself. He was the Prime Minister...

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