A Girl like a Bamboo Reed
Fouad el Hassan 2025-07-18
Fatima was denied even the dignity of death, though it circled close, its breath thick with the dust of earth....
For Women in Displacement Camps, Freedom Lies Beyond Their Walls
Fouad el Hassan 2025-07-13
Some of these women have spent more than a decade in the camp. It’s where they grew up and where...
The Land of Clipped Braids
Fouad el Hassan 2025-03-23
Palestinians wrote their children’s names on their arms, so that their bodies aren’t lost, so that they recognise them after...
Death is a Woman from Şingal
Fouad el Hassan 2024-06-05
People slept in the streets, and then it happened. Let there be queues, and there were queues. Queues to receive...
The Horrors of Mosul’s Future: A City That Lost Diversity
Safaa Khalaf 2018-04-16
There are certain fears of a societal aftershock as a natural symptom of post-traumatic times. The questions are many concerning...
Understanding the overflow of Fatwas in Morocco
Mohamed Benaziz 2015-05-08
Ahmad Raissouni, noted Moroccan Islamic scholar and preacher, issued a fatwa (religious edict) banning fighting the Islamic State. Raissouni is...
The Islamic State: Saudi Arabia’s Dark Twin
Jamal Muhammad Taqi 2015-04-02
The Islamic State-known to Arabs as DAESH-is essentially a product of Saudi Arabian politics and financing, writes Jamal Mohammed Taqi...
Managing Brutality
Harith Hasan Al-Qarawee 2015-03-29
There is a consensus that the success of ISIS to control Mosul was a big surprise and that the...
Iraq: The Lack of a Political Economy Vision
Harith Hasan Al-Qarawee 2015-03-29
“We don’t have sufficient resources to manage our normal spending and simultaneously fund the war on ISIS,” said Iraqi...