Not Nearly Enough: Assessing The Humanitarian Response to Syria
Now in its sixth year, the Syrian civil war ranks among the greatest humanitarian disasters since World War II. The most recent estimate...
A Great Sorting Out: The Future of Minorities in the Middle East
Joshua Landis is widely recognized as one of the English-speaking world’s foremost experts on Syria and the Levant. Raised in Saudi...
Desert Traditions: Preserving Cultural Heritage in Modern Oman
Hannah Gaber spent six months in Oman photographing and filming a documentary on the changing culture and future of the sultanate to...
From Terrorism to Political Participation: Hamas & Islamic Jihad
In today’s “war on terror,” the world regularly debates the mechanics of counterterrorism measures in the context of military action....
Reporting from Syria: An Interview with Charles Glass
Despite holding citizenship in both the US and the UK, Charles Glass is more than willing to criticize the governments of these countries...
Power Vacuum: Prospects for Democracy in Tunisia and Libya
Beginning in Tunisia in December of 2010, the Arab world experienced uprisings and protests against authoritarian regimes during the Arab...
HIV/AIDS: Stigmatization and Government Policy in Morocco
With the first identified case in 1981 in the United States of America, the human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) and the acquired...
The Evolution of Salafism: A History of Salafi Doctrine
Although the notion of Salafism has existed for centuries, varying doctrinal and dogmatic contributions from different scholars have...
A Tale of Two Countries: Protests at the Hagia Sophia
In May 2015, protesters descended upon Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, calling for the UNESCO World Heritage site to be opened for Muslim...
The Islam of Sayyid Qutb: A Comparison to Classical Thought
During the time of Western expansion in the Middle East, the identity of the general Middle Eastern population went through a number of...
