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Articles One of the Middle East’s Hottest Start-Ups is an Obituary Site The site allows users to post death announcements and funeral notices.Tasbeeh Herwees21 Jan, 2015
Articles Who in the Middle East Would Jesus Bomb? Neither side in Syria has refrained from waging a brutal war on men, women, and children.William Katz14 Sep, 2013
Articles Palestinians May Not Have a Home, But Now They'll Have a Museum The Palestinian Museum will be a "home of voices," with their purpose, they say, to "raise Palestine's voice high for all to hear."Yasha Wallin01 Jul, 2013
Articles The Gezi Park Protests and the Emerging Mid-East Environmental Movement This week, the world has its eyes trained on Turkey, as efforts of environmental activists to save Istanbul's Gezi Park from being replaced with...Tasbeeh Herwees07 Jun, 2013
Articles Green Deserts? The Promise of the Saltwater Revolution Water, our most valuable resource, is rapidly disappearing.Julie Bayer04 May, 2013
Articles What You Won't Hear in the Presidential Debates: Real Middle East Peace Solutions This election season, like all election seasons, the presidential candidates will inundate us with all sorts of issues they think we think are...Nathan Lean19 Oct, 2012
Articles Designing Defense: Israel's Iron Dome and the Aesthetics of Conflict Despite the image of a simple protective bubble, the Iron Dome in fact represents Israel's move toward a more active defense.Chappell Ellison17 Mar, 2012
Articles The Subway Falafel Sandwich and the Americanization of Ethnic Food “Mediterranean food is delicious,” Zaibak says. It’s about time everyone knew it.Tanveer Ali14 Feb, 2012
Articles Water Wheels: Syria's Symbols of Protest In a new era of violence and protest, the ancient wheels have taken on renewed significance.Chappell Ellison11 Feb, 2012
Articles Afghanistan's Decade Anniversary Ignored by America's Politicians Ten years into one of our two wars in the Middle East, American leaders are mostly mum about the conflict's major failures.Cord Jefferson12 Oct, 2011
Articles UN Declares Internet Access a Human Right. What Does This Really Mean? The UN has put Internet access on its list of basic human rights. How will this symbolic act translate to policy?Nona Willis Aronowitz12 Jun, 2011
Articles What Egypt's "Virginity Tests" Tell Us About Ourselves The latest news on Egypt's "virginity tests" during the uprisings reveals a serious Madonna/whore complex. Unfortunately, we have one, too.Nona Willis Aronowitz03 Jun, 2011
After the Arab Spring, What’s the Forecast for Summer? A quick guide to the democratic movements across the region.Zak Stone29 May, 2011
Articles Obama's Middle East Speech: The View from a Cafe in Cairo Watching Obama’s speech as a foreigner in Egypt, I fear that his professed support for Arab activists is an empty promise.Annie Rebekah Gardner22 May, 2011
Articles Spring Is Packed with Sacred Holidays: Here's What They Teach Us Many sacred holidays from several traditions converge within the same few weeks of the year. What can we learn from each?Homa Tavangar25 Apr, 2011
Articles The Top 10 Ways that Libya 2011 is Not Iraq 2003 Before you go comparing Libya to Iraq and Obama to Bush, you need to read this.Juan Cole25 Mar, 2011