Posted on Sat, December 8, 2012 at 14:29 pm CET
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Syria’s Assyrians, caught in the middle

Of all the Christian communities in Syria, the Assyrians, that is, those Christians who identify as such by virtue of belonging to the Assyrian Church of the East, arguably have the most complex relationship with the Assad regime… Continue reading

Topics: Christianity • Culture • Iraq • Kurdish People • Religion • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Mon, April 30, 2012 at 21:32 pm CEST
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Libya: Assessing Berber Prospects

One reason the term “Arab Spring” is a misnomer is because of the participation of non-Arabs, including Kurds in Iraq and Syria as well as Berbers in Morocco and Libya… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Berbers • Libya • Maghreb • Religion 
Posted on Sat, January 7, 2012 at 15:09 pm CET
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Identity Among Middle East Christians

In the course of the present unrest across the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading

Topics: Christianity • Copts • Culture • Egypt • Human Rights • Iraq • Lebanon • Religion • Syria • The Middle East 
Posted on Sat, November 19, 2011 at 00:18 am CET
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Syria, Turkey and the Kurds

Bashar al-Assad is apparently aiming to destabilize Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: Iraqi Kurdistan • Kurdish People • PKK • Syrian Kurdistan • Syrian Revolution • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Sun, November 6, 2011 at 21:37 pm CET
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Does Anyone Speak Arabic?

The question of multilingualism and the decline of the Arabic language in polyglot, multiethnic Middle Eastern societies… Continue reading

Topics: History • Islamic Countries • The Middle East 
Posted on Wed, November 2, 2011 at 20:34 pm CET
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Sudan in Crisis

Three months after the birth of South Sudan, how is the northern neighbor of the world’s newest nation faring… Continue reading

Topics: Christianity • Global Islam • Sharia Law • South Sudan • Sudan