Bahrain, the home of America’s 5th Fleet, has been witnessing political and security unrest since February 14, 2011. This unrest unexpectedly broke out as the democratic domino e...
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When Al Hurra was launched in 2004, I was living in Syria amongst journalists and activists, fighting for freedom and human rights. With great conviction, we believed that this Ame...
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One year has passed since the onset of the Syrian Revolution, caused by the accumulation of continued corruption and authoritarian rule for half a century and from additional inst...
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In recent months, as uncertainty over Assad’s future continues, Turkey’s position with regard to its potential military or humanitarian intervention has been heavily debated. W...
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In a xenophobic Arab country, I was ostracized from journalism. Kurds are not allowed to write about any aspects of their Kurdish identity, even those they have not already given u...
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The curtain has temporarily closed on the crisis of foreign funding of civil society organizations between Egypt and the United States after three months of hit and run attacks bet...
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The rising sentiment of the Syrian people, who have been protesting for months to break the patterns of tyranny and the violation of rights, is for Syria to be a secular nation. Th...
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When the activists charged in the “foreign funding” case entered the prisoners dock on February 26, the relationship between Egypt and the United States entered a new phase, ab...
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