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After the Pandemic Subsides, We May See a Third Wave of the Arab Spring

Ashley Smith, Gilbert Achcar — 2021-01-20T10:53:42Z

“There's still a very long way to go in this long-term revolutionary process. The good news is that people are learning what they're up against and drawing lessons from both defeats and victories.”

- IV552 - January 2021 / Syria, Iraq, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Arab Revolutions, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan, Bahrain

The Trump-Netanyahu-Kushner Apartheid Plan

David Finkel — 2020-02-20T00:07:10Z

Many appalling details of the apartheid-annexation Steal of the Century proclaimed as the Middle East “peace plan” by Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and Jared Kushner – the troika of the impeached, the indicted and the idiotic — have been pretty well covered by the progressive media and Middle East commentators. (I'll suggest a brief list of sources at the conclusion of this article.)

- IV541 - February 2020 / Palestine, United States (USA), Israel, Jordan

Order Prevails in the Arab World

Gilbert Achcar — 2019-01-15T20:08:33Z

Through butchery and sectarianism, the autocracies of the Arab world have survived this round. But in the long run, any order dependent on murder and bloodshed is doomed to collapse.

- IV528 - January 2019 / Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Sudan

Women's rights are now on the table

Leila Hammarneh — 2011-04-14T06:47:43Z

Interview with Leila Hammarneh, Projects Director, Arab Women Organization, Jordan, member of the Coalition Equality without reservation. Interview conducted by Shawna Carroll of the International Federation on Human Rights, published on March 7.

- IV435 - April 2011 / Women, Arab Revolutions, Jordan