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Items by Maya El Jundi
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The refugees we see and the ones we don’t
Just three years ago, Europe opened its arms wide open for refugees fleeing Ukraine due to the Russian Ukrainian war. Today, it’s turning a blind eye to more than four million Africans starving just across the Mediterranean. There is this huge contrast that exposes a painful double standard on how…
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The Arab Summit’s Gaza plan is a step forward, but the road ahead is long
The emergency Arab Summit on Gaza reconstruction held in Cairo yesterday was a rare moment of unity in the region. The summit was convened in response to the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza, in order to answer the question of the “day after” the bombs stop falling on Gaza. Egyptian…
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Between resilience and ruin: Lebanon’s sectarian divide and the path to survival
The funeral procession of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, and the head of its Executive Council, Hashem Safieddine, drew hundreds of thousands of mourners from across Lebanon and the world yesterday. Representing various sects, the crowd arguably stood as a powerful symbol of national unity. The huge scale of the gathering…