Tam Hussein is an award-winning writer and journalist specializing in the Middle East. He spent several years in the Middle East and North Africa working as a translator and consultant. He also writes for the <em>Huffington Post</em>.

Blowing up the Al-Nusra Front

[caption id="attachment_55241623" align="alignnone" width="620"] AK-47 machine guns hang in a shelter for Syrian rebels in the Salaheddine district…

A View from the Bridge

[caption id="attachment_55241655" align="alignnone" width="620"] Veteran war correspondent Medyan Daireh. Courtesy Medyan Daireh[/caption]I have only…

Qaradawi’s Blunder

[caption id="attachment_55242060" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi joins the crowds on Tahrir square in Cairo on February 18,…

Refusing the Politics of Piety

[caption id="attachment_55242592" align="alignnone" width="620"] Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi. (Tam Hussein)[/caption]In 2012, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi went from…

A Deep State of Mind

[caption id="attachment_55242902" align="alignnone" width="620"] Grafitti marks the occasion when Tunisians successfully ousted their president Zine…

Far from the Maddening Crowd

[caption id="attachment_55243696" align="alignnone" width="620"] Mohammed Ghanem. TAM HUSSEIN[/caption]Dr Mohammed Ghanem, the UK representative for…

Syria Speaks

[caption id="attachment_55250295" align="alignnone" width="620"] Opening night of Syria Speaks tour at Rich Mix in London, Wednesday June 11, 2014. …