Les médias, souvent considérés comme les gardiens de la vérité, prétendent opérer avec une objectivité inébranlable. Pourtant, derrière cette façade d’impartialité se cache une réalité plus nuancée, où la manipulation de la perception des utilisateurs devient monnaie courante. Cette manipulation … Continue reading
Tag: Middle East
Saudi Arabian and Israeli Normalization: A Deal Doomed from the Start?
Disclaimer: Most of this article was written before the start of the October 7th war and is now updated to reflect current circumstances before publication. News sources with comprehensive, up-to-date live coverage of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and humanitarian crisis … Continue reading
Tunisia Makes History with First Female Prime Minister in the Arab World
Given the task of forming the new government, Bouden’s cabinet includes twenty-five members including nine women aside from the Prime Minister, marking hope for a social change in women’s rights in Tunisia as well as for the Arab world.
Afghanistan: Where the Climate Crisis and Gender Inequality Intersect
Afghanistan is facing a major crisis as millions of Afghans risk running out of food before winter arrives. In August, the Taliban takeover exacerbated economic instability, causing an exponential increase in food prices and displacing 3.5 million Afghans.
What’s Next for Afghanistan Refugees?
Afghan citizens and their families who provided help to Western allies are to become refugees in those nations through resettlement programs; others remain in hiding in the country under threat of death. But for those who fled, one question remains: what comes next for Afghan refugees?
The Overlooked Inequality Present in Gulf Nations
If, as the rest of the world moves towards equality and justness, the Gulf moved in the same direction, many migrant workers would benefit and live better lives as a result. This is only possible, however, if Gulf nations recognize their faults and work to reverse them by giving migrant labourers more opportunities and benefits like those of their own citizens.
The UAE, a Pioneer in Women’s Empowerment – But the Struggle Is Far from Over
Through a developmental lens, the UAE’s forward-thinking leadership subverts orientalist depictions of the Middle East, bound by the West’s artificially constructed binary between the "rational" West (us) versus the "irrational" East (them).
More Than Just Immunization: The Covid 19 Vaccine as a Biopolitical Weapon
Biological warfare is often referred to in international development theory, but it has become a genuine possibility in the current global climate.
Dissociation, Dispossession, and Food in the Israel-Palestine conflict
Food is an often overlooked element in conversations of national identity. Food is tangible, it is known by most members of a nation regardless of socio-economic background, and it is “experienced everyday”. Food is incredibly important for both parties in this two-sided conflict, as it plays a strong role in the creation of identity for each group.
A Time to Heal?
Ultimately, US minorities do not owe an openly racist Republican Party anything. Yet this is not the full story; the truth is that a Biden-Harris administration is far from being the progressive ticket one could think it is.