Deep dive

With €1,500 and a one-way ticket Cyprus' deportation machine, with EU backing, is pressuring Syrian refugees into ‘voluntary’ returns despite risks and legal protections.

The PIF’s rapid expansion cements Saudi Arabia’s global position but exposes human rights abuses, financial secrecy, and its role in whitewashing authoritarian rule through sports, AI, and mega-projects.

how can we arrive at a condition in which a struggle for a democratic, inclusive and open Syrian polity and society comes to presuppose and to prescribe a struggle against Israel’s genocidal ethno-nationalism and vice versa.

One year after the 7th of October, four anomalies and paradoxes of our daily media experience appear evident, linking the live-streamed Israeli genocide in Palestine with the brutal attacks on Lebanon.

The real stories of the local Sudanese medical teams who remained in El Fasher to save lives under fire while International aid agencies largely withdrew.

The city’s cultural policies commodify artistic expression and manipulate diversity, perpetuating power imbalances and constrains genuine cultural innovation.

It is tempting to call what is happening in Bangladesh a revolution. There is often a fine line between a revolution and a counter-revolution. Bangladesh is hanging on that tightrope today.

Afforestation has been a pillar of Israel’s settler colonization project, to create a national identity on Palestinian lands.

It is up to us to create our own mythology, identify with our heroines, and celebrate our saints. Qandisha's story is shaped by how we choose to portray her.

Recent violent attacks against Syrian refugees in Turkey reveal a deep discontent with the country’s politics. A Turkish journalist explains why.

There is a mutually reinforcing link between racist, colonial, and fascist tendencies at the core of much of Western environmentalism.

The total failure of Western media covering Gaza is another symptom of the crisis of so-called Western democracies, with dire consequences for all of us.

Stripping her of citizenship and making her stateless violated her rights as a child and made her a victim of both ISIS and the UK.

What are the ethical implications when artificial intelligence plays a role in documenting human experiences?

The development and training of AI systems depend on hundreds of millions of data workers. Many of them are situated or displaced from the Global majority, and are generally kept in the dark on how the data they produce will be used.

On Yemen’s Socotra island, poverty and political disruption hinder efforts to give its prized dragon’s blood tree a future.

The Gospel, the latest AI gadget deployed by the IDF in Gaza, paves the way to a new mode of warfare that can further encourage the dehumanization of human beings behind a narrative of technological progress, efficiency, and accuracy.

Our ancestors, who were often perceived as “ignorant” or “uncivilized” by colonists and western powers remain a model example of living in harmony with nature.

These forests are not just repositories of biodiversity; they are cultural treasures, economic lifelines, and ecological cornerstones

Aijaz Ahmad’s story may not be known to many outside a few selective international leftist circles, but it is one of exile, colonialism, and resistance that resonates in many parts of the Global South today.

A response to the call of physicians Ghassan Abu Sitta and Rupa Marya to rehumanize Palestinians by reimagining healing, life, and liberation of both bodies and minds.

The increasing repression of Palestinian solidarity since 7 October in Germany is not new. It is part of a historical erasure, diminishing and eradicating the collective existence and identity of Palestinians

Mainstream Western politics and media's approach to the war on Gaza raises three important puzzles. Exploring them suggests that Western and Middle Eastern governments are unwilling to address the root causes of the Palestine/Israel question.

Some aspects of societal and institutional adaptation have emerged in Syria one year after the 6th of February 2023 earthquake. Lessons were learned from the natural disaster, and it contributed enhancing the resilience of local Syrian communities to natural risks in a world of climate change that signals more risks.

How popular music and songs are contributing to the normalization of hate and genocidal language in Israel

An expert in international law explains the ICJ case and its implications for the future of the international order

A new generation of content creators is dedicated to tell what's happening in Palestine, fueled by both a desire to be part of a community, and by a genuine interest in fighting propaganda and disinformation.

A relentless campaign of incitement, political persecution, and a severe crackdown on freedom of speech is targeting Palestinians citizens of Israel. 

Sweida, with its various towns and villages, has been witnessing widespread protests, demonstrations, strikes, and sharp statements opposing the ruling regime for over four months. This article, first published on Syria Untold in October, investigates these protests’ origin, and what has been happening in this province since 2011.

Israel has increasingly consolidated its weaponization of women’s and LGBTQ rights in its genocidal war on Gaza through a massive campaign of disinformation and propaganda.