Assad’s regime has fallen and there’s an incredibly difficult task ahead for the people of Syria: to rebuild the country. In my episode, I’m inviting you to fight the potential cynicism surrounding this incredible news and not to dehumanise your Syrian friends by telling them what to think and – my goodness – what to feel.
Category Archives: The Middle East
Another Tragedy Trying to Reach Fortress Europe: What Do We Need to Know?
What’s the role of the EU in the recent tragedy we saw off the coast of Greece when a fishing boat that carried hundreds of migrants capsized? What is Frontex? And why are people coming to Europe in the first place?
The Brutality and The Illegality of The War in Iraq, 20 Years Later
If you’re an empire, you can destroy another nation and continue preaching about international law and human rights. Twenty years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country remains struggling and the war criminals unpunished.
Stand with The People of Turkey And Syria
After the devastating earthquake, the people of Turkey and Syria desperately need our help. In invite you not to remain indifferent and support them in the ways that you can.
Bombs Don’t Liberate
Both mainstream media and state-owned media have their agendas. Can we educate ourselves to notice them or do we continue attributing concepts like “propaganda” to “the other” and words like “liberation” to what our governments are doing?
This Year Has Been The Deadliest for Palestinian Children in The West Bank – What Should We Know?
2022 has been the deadliest year for Palestinian children in the West Bank in 15 years. To fully understand how the Israeli state policies work, we have to understand how they affect – not unintentionally, but by design – the Palestinian children.
Gaza: New Killings, Old Narratives
What is there to say after Israel’s most recent bombing of Gaza?
No matter how heart-breaking this devastation was, it didn’t reveal anything new about how Israel operates – nor how the world reacts when Palestinians under siege are being killed.
President Biden Doesn’t Have a Problem with Apartheid, Nor With Human Rights Violations
Joe Biden is on a trip to the Middle East: he’s visiting Israel and Saudi Arabia. What this shows is how little respect – if at all – his presidency has for human rights. Apartheid, military occupation, killings of civilians, murdering of journalists – everything goes. And there is definitely no room for Palestinian human rights.
Israeli State Violence Can’t Be More Obvious – Not Acknowledging It Is Purely A Choice
Although it was never “hidden” for the ones who are interested in Palestine, Israeli state violence can’t be more obvious now. Not to acknowledge it is not a matter of access to knowledge; it’s a matter of choice.
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 8: Erasure
Attacks on Palestinians have intensified during the holy month of Ramadan again – they resemble what we saw last year. And the year before.
I’ve written a lot about Palestine but it’s time combine several things that I’ve partly mentioned in my previous episodes and focus this one on something rather obvious: the concept of erasure.
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