Trump’s move, one of the most ill-considered US actions in the Middle East for a generation is just the latest iteration of a dynamic between a horribly unqualified president and the millstone of poison ideologies which will grind the region into dust.
Middle East articles on Democracy Chronicles
View news about the struggle for democracy in the troubled Middle East where vast cultural change and persistent political violence cry out for democracy. Also see our World Democracy section and our articles on the ongoing Arab Spring.
The 20th-Century Jewish Exodus Map You Have Never Seen Before
As far as I can tell, there is no map that shows the geographic extent of the exodus of Jewish people in the 20th Century. I decided it couldn’t be too hard to make my own.
A new Lebanese historical film has become a national obsession
Many called for film “The Insult” to be banned. Jordan and the seven Persian Gulf countries complied.
My photos from the Close Guantanamo Action protest in NYC
A group from “World Can’t Wait, Witness Against Torture” and the ACLU came to the main area of Grand Central Station in NYC on Thursday to say a loud “NO!” to Trump’s plan to keep Guantanamo open.
Iraqi book culture returns to ruins of post-war Mosul
Literary cafes, poetry readings and pavement bookstalls — Mosul’s cultural scene is back in business
Behind Saudi Arabian royal drama is just power politics
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince staged a stunning roundup of hundreds of fellow members of the kingdom’s powerful elite
29 Iranian women arrested as headscarf protests intensify
Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code
7 Years After Uprising, Egyptian Democracy is Only a Dream
General Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s dictatorial control of the Egyptian people is now largely complete
Imprisoned Turkish rights activist Taner Kilic to be freed
A Turkish court has ordered the release of Taner Kilic, chair of the Turkish chapter of Amnesty International
Women risking all to defy Iranian mandatory hijab rules
A protest being carried out by women in Iran has recently attracted some attention from the internet. New York Times columnist and feminist author Mona Eltahawy tweeted that six women were arrested on Monday for removing their hijabs in public and waving them around on a stick. Watch the video On Monday, a total of […]