Category: Arab World
The Syrian revolution made simple
Nureddin Sabir unpicks the various components of the Syrian armed conflict, and argues that the Syrian people have been badly let down by the incoherent and fractious groups claiming to represent them.
Libya in peril
Today a huge car bomb exploded near Al-Jalaa Hospital in the eastern Libyan city of Benghaz, killing and wounding dozens of people, including children. The attack is the latest in a wave
Israel, Syria and Assad’s useful idiots
One of the most frequently recurring myths about Syria is that Israel does not regard Bashar Assad as being in its interest and that it is trying to hasten his fall by
Solidarity with the Syrian revolution
Nureddin Sabir calls on freedom-loving people worldwide to declare publicly their support for the Syrian people and to participate in the Global Day of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution on 31 May.
In solidarity with the people of Syria
A petition in support of the Syrian people’s struggle against dictatorship and genocide has been launched by the Global Campaign of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution, which also has a Facebook page
Lebanon: even coffee is political
Jamal Kanj says 23 years after its civil war, Lebanon is neither wiser nor less divided, and with a political system perpetuating the national divide and failing to fix the country’s ills.
The proxy war destroying Syria
Jamal Kanj argues that between them, an arrogant tyrant, Bashar Assad, a fractious, visionless, bankrupt opposition, and Russia, the USA and Turkey are breaking up Syria into mini Israel-type ethnocentric states.
George Galloway and the topless feminist
Nureddin Sabir highlights British MP George Galloway’s walkout at an Oxford University debate about boycotting Israel, and a Tunisian feminist’s topless protest, as examples of gesture politics guaranteed to be counter-productive.
Women’s struggle for rights in Libya
Nureddin Sabir highlights the plight of women in Libya where social and cultural backwardness, and the rising influence of religious bigots, are rapidly eroding the few rights they have.
“Israel says Assad must stay”
The front-page headline in today’s edition of The Times newspaper says it all: “Israel says Assad must stay”. The reason is not so much fear of the Islamists – for whom historically Israel has