Sometimes it feels like Iraq has just been filtered out of the social consciousness. People still discuss it, but they often refer to it as a thing of the past. “When Iraq happened,” or, “It cost us [x].” Iraq is still happening and it didn’t cost, it is costing. People there are still dying and […]
As clashes and uprisings continue throughout the Middle East, much of the attention of the world audience has waned. The news cycle has once again focused on celebrities, politics, and the common household item that you’re probably using right now that may kill you. Yet clashes are still raging on and women, the long overlooked […]
To me it seems obvious: if you want a happy country, you’re going to need some happy citizens. You can go the Saudi Arabia route and bribe your people with incentives and subsidized luxuries. You could go the Canada route and provide a system of elected representation that works hard to lay out respect and […]
A woman’s role in the Middle East has never been so multi-faceted. Wife, mother, worker, revolutionary”¦As videos and photos pour in from this week’s round of demonstrations we’re seeing women marching step for step alongside their male compatriots. In Yemen, a traditionally conservative country, hundreds of protesters turned out to stage a successful sit in […]
Many around the globe are wondering what is going on in the Middle East. There is a plethora of information, coming in from all sides, and there’s little way to make heads or tails of it. Who is Mubarak? Is Yemen involved? What’s the Jasmine Revolution? Well, fear not gentle reader, as I will guide […]