The thin green line of environmental activism
The environmental movement has scored remarkable recent successes, but the situation for the climate and nature remains fragile and vulnerable. Overcoming the damaging inertia of business as usual requires the thin green line of activists to be reinforced by the swelling ranks of concerned citizens.
Read MoreDenmark’s white ghetto mindset
By Khaled Diab The concentration of immigrants in certain poor neighbourhoods in Denmark is far more a sign of the
Read MoreEgypt’s other revolution erupts under the radar
A decade after Egyptians rose up against Hosni Mubarak, the counterrevolution appears victorious in the political domain. However, under the radar, a social revolution is in motion.
Read MoreDown’s Syndrome: When discrimination takes the biscuit… bake cookies
A group of entrepreneurial Egyptian women with Down’s Syndrome have proven that the only handicap they suffer is a financial one as they seek to expand their successful baking business.
Read MoreBombing ISIS in Syria will not tackle extremism in Brussels
Rather than airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS), Belgium should strike at the root causes of homegrown extremism.
Read MoreThe myth of the European jihadist hordes
The terrorist attacks in Brussels will reinforce the idea that returning jihadists pose an existential threat to Europe. But the facts say otherwise.
Read MoreAmerican extremism X and the real homegrown terror threat
Despite all the hype, white supremacists and anti-government extremists are the main homegrown terror threat in the United States.
Read MoreThe occupational handicaps of being Palestinian
Living with disability is always a challenge but if you’re a Palestinian living under Israeli occupation you are doubly handicapped.
Read MoreEnslaved by the history of slavery
Failing to acknowledge the legacy of slavery on all our modern societies makes the present an unnecessary slave to history.
Read MoreVoting for Palestinian liberation at the ballot box
Active and effective Arab political participation in the next Knesset can be a game changer, shifting the Palestinian struggle towards civil rights.
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