By Milan Czerny | – (GlobalVoices.org ) – For Russian soldiers, posting from the battleground was strictly forbidden. Then all of a sudden, it wasn’t “Yesterday they were here, today it’s us.” On October 15, the Russian conflict journalist Oleg Blokhin published several videos on social media of himself visiting the former US military base […]
The Map: Beirut’s Demonstrations as Live City-Making
By Filip Noubel | – (GlobalVoices.org) – The protests that have swept Lebanon since October 17, 2019 started as a reaction to the announcement by the government of new taxes. They have since evolved into a rejection of the political and economic model that has allowed local elites to maintain control over the country since […]
Can Turkish Politics be Depolarized?
By Sevgi Yagmur Bulut | – The ruling party is no longer in charge of the largest municipality In the end it was easy. Ekrem Imamoglu, the opposition candidate in Istanbul’s municipal election, swept to victory on June 23 with 54% of the votes, after a rerun ordered by the country’s main electoral authority. The […]
Emirates aiming for 30% Renewables by 2030; Good for an Oil State, but not Nearly Enough for Paris
Dubai will build the largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project on a single site in the world
How Women are leading the Sudanese Revolution
In 2017, 24 women were arrested for wearing trousers
Saudi Young Woman Faces Death Penalty for Peaceful Protest
Al-Ghomgham was arrested in 2015 over her role in anti-government protests in Al-Qatif back in 2011
Yemen: Saudi-led War, Climate Change Creating Disastrous Water Shortage
By Romy Haber | – ( Global Voices Online) – Yemen, the stage of one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, is facing a severe water crisis: 16 million people lack access to clean water in the country, according to UNICEF. “What is worse than not having the most basic human right, water?” […]
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