Middle East 4 ChangeReflection of a Kurdish feminist
Monday, December 31, 2018
Dr Hawzhin Azeez If you want freedom you have to take it! You cannot appeal to the conscience of the imperialists, the colonialists, the oppressors, and the creators…
Syrian army says it has entered key city of Manbij after appeal from Kurdish fighters
Sunday, December 30, 2018
Bianca Britton and Gul Tuysuz. Syria’s army said Friday it had entered the northern city of Manbij for the first time in years after Kurdish fighters called on…
Is There a Plot to Depopulate Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon?
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Ramzy Baroud. An eerie video composed of a recorded audio prayer and a photo of one ‘Hajj Jamal Ghalaini’ occasionally pops up on Facebook. The voice is that…
The Bombings Will Continue: Phyllis Bennis Warns U.S. Military Role in Syria Is Not Actually Ending
Friday, December 21, 2018
President Trump has announced that the U.S. will withdraw troops from Syria, in a move that has been praised by some in the American peace movement and some…
Globalised Authoritarianism: Megaprojects, Slums, and Class Relations in Urban Morocco – Book Review
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Koenraad Bogaert, Globalized Authoritarianism: Megaprojects, Slums, and Class Relations in Urban Morocco (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2018). Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Koenraad Bogaert (KB):…
Saudi Crown Prince MbS Tries to Restart the Lebanese War
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Paul R Pillar. The record of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) as de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia has included a trail of regional destabilization. Foremost on…
Will India Help Iran Avert Sanctions-Related Medical Crisis?
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Aveek Sen, Mojtaba Mousavi, and Udayan Tandan. Zeinab, the mother of a four-year-old girl suffering from blood cancer, says that “Mina has been under medication for nearly five…
US sanctions have caused a crisis for Iranian Kurds
Friday, December 14, 2018
Douglas Gerrard. Of the four countries into which Kurdistan is divided, the region spanning Iran is the least prominent in western consciousness. Rojava is well known amongst leftists due…
Aziz Al-Azmeh in conversation: Part III Women, democracy and political Islamisms
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Concluding part of dialogue: Political Islamism, women and democracy Ardeshir Mehrdad: As you have probably observed, amongst the authors dealing with feminist-Islamism some place their emphasis on the…
Cancer as Weapon: Poppy Bush’s Radioactive War on Iraq
Monday, December 10, 2018
Jeffrey St. Claire. At the close of the first Gulf War, Saddam Hussein was denounced as a ferocious villain for ordering his retreating troops to destroy Kuwaiti oil…
Iran’s street art siblings on censorship, activism & advocacy
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Peter Corboy. Born in tabriz, iran in 1985 and 1991 respectively, street art siblings ICY and SOT began making work under less than hospitable conditions. initially influenced by…
Aziz Al-Azmeh in conversation Part 2: Political Islamisms the labour movement and women
Friday, December 7, 2018
This is the second part of a three-part conversation carried out with the Syrian academic Aziz Al-Azmeh. Here Professor Al-Azmeh addresses the various forms that political islams take…
Syria, Iran, Georgia: Slippery Slope In Discussing Oil Smuggling And Sanctions
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Seth Ferris. The history of sanctions teaches us that they are like a pole – you can find a way around them, and in the process, find a…
Aziz Al-Azmeh in conversation Part 1: political Islams, modernities and conservative-populist ideologies
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
This is the first part of a three-part conversation carried out with the Syrian academic Aziz Al-Azmeh. Here Aziz Al-Azmeh addresses the relation of contemporary political islams and…
“Can the Working Class Change the World?”: Book Review
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Eve Ottenberg. “Can the Working Class Change the World?”, Michael D. Yates Monthly Review Press. If the working class doesn’t save our vastly unequal and dying world, it’s…
It Is a New Era, But China’s Balancing Act Will Fail in the Middle East
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Ramzy Baroud. Although ties between Washington and Tel Aviv are stronger than ever, Israeli leaders are aware of a vastly changing political landscape. The US’ own political turmoil…
Overstating Climate Change in Egypt’s Uprising
Saturday, December 1, 2018
Jessica Barnes. The possible link between climate change and political upheaval in the Middle East has attracted increasing media attention and is generating a new wave of academic…