Focus on Al Qaeda in Yemen Magnifies Chronic Instability

Ibrahim Sharqieh

Apr 25, 2012

 

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/focus-on-al-qaeda-in-yemen-magnifies-chronic-instability#full

In a recent conversation, the White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan and…

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Peace X Peace Forums: Women and the Arab Spring

Welcome to the first Peace X Peace Forum! These forums, which we hope to host regularly, will take on pressing issues in the world of peacebuilding and gender. This time, we have gathered women from around the Middle East – from Egypt to Tunisia and beyond – to discuss how women have influenced the Arab Spring, and the impact it has had on them. We hope you enjoy this discussion and…

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-By Mary Liepold, Editor In Chief

Fati is the Executive Director of the Grassroots Sisterhood Foundation (GSF), dedicated to supporting networks of grassroots women across three regions of northern Ghana in raising awareness about property, land, and the inheritance rights of women. GSF…

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"Hillary Clinton unveils initiative on clean cooking stoves," was among last year’s highlights at the Millennium Development Goals Summit. On this World Pneumonia Day, what has become of The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves? Has yet another “silver bullet” failed to make a difference for those in the…

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This powerful book by Jen Marlowe (Darfur Diaries) should not be missed by anyone working in the area of Peace building and Conflict Transformation. 

 

Synopsis of The Hour of Sunlight:

 

As a teenager, Sami Al Jundi had one ambition: overthrowing Israeli occupation. With two friends he formed a militant cell and began building a bomb to use against the Israeli police. But their plans were derailed when the bomb exploded prematurely, killing one of his…

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I’ve been high on Egypt. Watching the Al Jazeera live coverage, I’ve experienced waves of chills up my spine, tears, and jubilation all weekend. Despite the obvious challenges ahead in that country and the region and despite my friend’s constant reminder that it’s my own country’s foreign aid that had propped up Mubarak over the decades, I’m soaring as this tremendous moment in Egyptian history…

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While I don't think I'll ever be hopeless enough to burn myself alive, I can't help but think that I am not so different from Muhammad Al Bouazizi. I, along with millions of educated young men and women throughout the world, are sick and tired of tyranny, injustice, under-employment, and despair.



If only Mr. Bouazizi had lived to see the 'fruits' of his desperate yet courageous actions. The Jasmine Revolution is likely to inspire other upheavals in the region, if not the world. If a… Continue

"Hillary Clinton set to unveil initiative on clean cooking stoves," is among this week's highlights at the Millennium Development Goals Summit. Indeed, climate change, deforestation, global health, and women’s empowerment are extremely important issues to address.



Yet, I am extremely wary of any products manufactured in the developed world that are touted,… Continue

ZION-SUNNI COALITION: ANCIENT PAN-SEMITISM SURFACING

Erle Frayne D. Argonza…

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