Student protests test France's Republican promise

Education reform is at the heart of the demonstrations shaking Paris and beyond, with thousands already arrested, but the government's ability to meet learners' demands is limited

Elie Kossaifi

Beyond Yemen’s Usual Suspects

[caption id="attachment_55248517" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemenis hold an anti-government demonstration in Sana'a, the capital, on February 11, 2014. (Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty…

James Spencer

Erdoğan Turns to Europe

[caption id="attachment_55248527" align="alignnone" width="620"] German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speak to the media following talks at the German…

Mehmet Solmaz

An Ending and a Beginning

[caption id="attachment_55248451" align="alignnone" width="620"] Tunisia celebrates the adoption of a new constitution with a ceremony at the national assembly attended by several heads of state. …

Youssef Cherif

An Insecure Roadmap

[caption id="attachment_55248461" align="alignnone" width="620"] Security forces use teargas to disperse rallies staged by opponents of Egypt's interim government on the third anniversary of the 2011…

Ahmed Kadry

Jihad, Then and Now

[caption id="attachment_55248466" align="alignnone" width="620"] Abdullah Anas speaks with The Majalla. (The Majalla/Tam Hussein)[/caption] As the situation in Syria grows worse and simultaneously…

Tam Hussein

Maliki’s Last Stand?

[caption id="attachment_55248389" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki gives a joint press conference with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (unseen) in…

Judith Yaphe

A Gloomy Outlook

[caption id="attachment_55248393" align="alignnone" width="620"]Violence at a rally as part of a fresh week of protests called, "Steadfastness in Martyrs' Loyalty" in Cairo, Egypt on January 31, 2014…

Caryle Murphy

Two of One, Six of the Other

[caption id="attachment_55248380" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemen's President Abd-Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (C) shows the book of the national dialogue at the end of a conference aimed at drafting a…

Abubakr Al-Shamahi