Interviews

Richard Jackson speaks to MEMO: "Once you listen to what their grievances are and try and address them terrorism subsides." One week ago, Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgai opened fire...

The chief negotiator of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee has said that Hamas and the other factions are not required to recognise the principles of the Middle...

Emad Burnat, director of 5 Broken Cameras, speaks to MEMO: "I tell Israeli activists they should work inside Israeli society and not just come to our village."

In "Beneath the black flag: Tunisia's Salafists" Tunisian journalist and analyst Hedi Yahmed examines the Tunisian jihadi phenomenon. Middle East Monitor's Christine Petré speaks to the author about his...

Alfraji's first recollection of black shapes is from his childhood in Iraq when the family would commemorate the Day of Ashura and both men and women would dress in...

"Palestine on a Plate" is a cookery application that offers food lovers the chance to taste the beauty of Palestine through its famous dishes. The person behind the application...

From female Islamist activist fighting under repression to a parliamentarian standing up for women's rights, Middle East Monitor speaks to Yamina Zoghlami. "The fight for women's rights continues," explains...

A "roadmap" for Syria drafted by the Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main political opposition body based in Istanbul, and the National Coordination Committee, an opposition group based in Damascus,...

Former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford 'Syria needs a national government that has popular support and can mobilise the population to reject and fight extremism' The United States...

In an interview with Christine Petré during a state visit to Tunisia Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallström talked about Tunisia's success story, the Islamist party Ennahda, the recent Swedish...

Below is the translation of a video clip from Mekameleen TV Channel posted on Youtube on 12 February 2015: Osama Gaweesh: Mr Ashraf, talking to Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi, Abbas...

In 2003, Sami Al-Arian was a professor at the University of South Florida, a legal resident of the U.S. since 1975, and one of the most prominent Palestinian civil rights...

As a young boy Parviv Tanavoli's favourite toy was the simple lock. As there were no ready-made toys like those of today he would take them apart, fix them...

"There are aspects to Israeli policy and behaviour that do immense damage in the eyes of the international community" One of the most senior figures in the Catholic Church...

Khalil Al-Marzook, a senior leader in Bahrain's main opposition party Al-Wefaq, didn't pull any punches when he was asked about the way the west is responding to the Bahraini...

To Elan magazine Linda Sarsour is one of the 15 most inspiring women from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia region. Designated "the face of social activism"...

In Angela Merkel's 2015 New Year address, the German chancellor told the country it should aid Ukrainians, Iraqis and Syrians who have escaped war and death in their countries....

Palestinian sources have unveiled that the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has arrested a former employee of the General Directorate of Petroleum, which is affiliated to the Palestinian Ministry...

"There is a wish for Palestinians to be stateless, but also faceless and voiceless." Samah Jabr, one of Palestine's first female psychiatrists and a trained psychoanalytic psychotherapist, has spent...

We, the leadership of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, welcome the decision of the General Court of the European Union to remove Hamas from the European Union's terrorist list...

"When public anger reaches its limit, it explodes on its own" In recent months there has been rising anger and violence in Jerusalem, centred largely around tensions over the...

For all its bravado, Israel is terrified of bad publicity. So it should be, for neither the legions of public relations companies nor well-paid lobbyists have been able to...

"We need to remember that some of the most beautiful pieces of architecture, that we all love and we all travel to see, have been military fortifications and sites...

Britain's first female Muslim cabinet minister – who quit last August over the crisis in Gaza – has spoken out over her resignation, the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the U.K.'s European...

'It is the occupation, not Hamas recognition of Israel, which is the core problem' It is rather unnerving to come face to face with a man regarded by many...

Diana Matar is interested in capturing what can no longer be seen. "It can be ironic within the medium of photography because we rely so stubbornly on a subject,"...

Following is a translation of an interview with Mohammad Sadiq Al-Husseini, an Iranian political analyst, by Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen television, posted on Youtube on 25 September. Muhammad Sadiq Al-Husseini: Between...

"If people really want to know what motivates me and the position I've taken, it shouldn't require some rich explanation or ideology. It's not about having 'Jewish issues' with...

Political activist Tawakkol Karman has said that Yemen is witnessing a full counter-revolution waged by the Houthi clan with financial and military backing from Iran. The General Coordinator of...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW "I am a proud feminist," says young Ennahda candidate Sayida Ounissi, who wants to be the voice of Tunisian youth. She tells MEMO about what it's like...

"Syrians embraced all people: Palestinians, Iraqis, and Egyptians. But no one is helping us; instead they built us refugee camps. We live in a world now where we feel Muslims no longer sympathise with each other."

"ISIS has been trained by Iran's Revolutionary Guard," claims late Syrian rebel leader. Just hours before an explosion wiped out the entire leadership of one of the most powerful...