Category: Opinion

Sun 16 February 2020: Rising anti-government fervor, a biting economic crisis, and the absence of free and fair elections are likely to dampen voter turnout in Iran’s upcoming parliamentary elections. Fearing a low turnout in the February 21 vote would harm the legitimacy of the country’s theocratic system, Iranian officials are pulling out all the […]

Thu 13 February 2020: Netflix’s The Messiah is the latest popular TV show supporting Israel in its propaganda war against the Palestinians. Israel‘s latest propaganda war is being waged through slick tv shows on various media service providers such as Netflix and HBO. While racist depictions of Arabs and the glorification of Israel is not […]

Thu 06 February 2020: Late last month world leaders met in Berlin to discuss securing a political solution to Libya’s intractable civil war. Heiko Maas, Germany’s foreign minister described the Berlin conference as perhaps the last chance to stop Libya turning into a ‘Second Syria’. Yet despite lofty promises by international leaders to de-escalate the […]

Wed 05 February 2020: The drastic realignment of international alliances leaves vulnerable Muslims with few powerful friends. US President Donald Trump’s unveiled peace plan, a promise to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in an even-handed manner, not only inflicts further humiliation and suffering on the Palestinian people but also grants Israel’s politically powerful settler movement its […]

Mon 03 February 2020: There are both dangers and opportunities for Turkey in the latest Iran-US escalation. The recent Iran-US escalation in the Middle East caused much anxiety among Iran’s neighbours. Turkey too followed the developments with unease.  After the January 8 missile attacks on bases hosting United States troops in Iraq, there seems to be a temporary de-escalation and, at […]

Sat 01 February 2020: To the surprise of the pollsters, the media, the political class and arguably most of the British public, Brexit won by 52% to 48%, or by 1.3 million votes. It has been a divisive vote, pitting London, Scotland and Northern Ireland against the rest of England and Wales, the young against […]

Sat 01 February 2020: With anti-regime protests once again breaking out across Iran,  it’s notable that one region, Ahwaz, is conspicuously not participating, at least so far, in the latest wave of demonstrations. The brutally oppressed people of Ahwaz in southwest Iran are certainly watching and silently supporting the current demonstrations, this time instigated by regime […]

Thu 30 January 2020: Following the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923, African affairs were regarded as a secondary issue in the new state’s foreign policy. Until relatively recently, that is, when Cold War dynamics compelled the Turkish government to align itself with the West. Having good relations and alliances with the West was […]

Wed 29 January 2020: Rohingya Muslims, described by the UN as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, have finally seen a beacon of light in the fight for justice driven forward by Gambia. The historic decision by the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Myanmar is now legally bound to protect Rohingya […]