[inset_left]Religion and State in Syria: The Sunni Ulama from Coup to RevolutionBy Dr. Thomas PierretCambridge University Press, 287 pagesCambridge,…

[caption id="attachment_55249853" align="alignnone" width="620"] Opposition fighters help one of their wounded comrades during clashes with…

[caption id="attachment_55244579" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi in 2010. (Courtesy of Sacred Knowledge, the Sheikh’s…

[caption id="attachment_55244477" align="alignnone" width="620"] Still image from video Concrete, 2012 (Khaled Jarrar)[/caption]“I am not a political…

[caption id="attachment_55244006" align="alignnone" width="620"] Tunisians paint a banner on July 30, 2013, in front of the Constituent Assembly…

The French have long recognized the literary merit of Abdellatif Laâbi’s work. His writing, often compared to that of Pablo Neruda and Nazim Hikmet…

[caption id="attachment_55239303" align="alignnone" width="620"] Protestors supporting the rights of a British computer expert accused by the US of…

[caption id="attachment_55239542" align="alignnone" width="620"] Walid Saffour. Source: Tam Hussein[/caption]Walid Saffour is sitting in a light,…

[caption id="attachment_55240702" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Zuheir Salem. TAM HUSSEIN[/caption]Out of all…

[caption id="attachment_55241219" align="alignnone" width="620"] Rachida Madani and Marilyn Hacker. TAM HUSSEIN[/caption]Multiculturalism has lately…