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Iraqi Parliament and Child Marriage: Iraqi Child Rights from One Tight Spot to Another
The new amendment has been met with concerns as it is believed to promote child marriage, raising the stakes of this proposed amendment and its potential implications.
Sep 4, 2024
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Bashar AlHadla
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Sudanese Women Trapped Between Conflict and Political Marginalization in Peace Negotiations
Now more than ever, it is crucial to effectively include women's issues in peace talks and transitional negotiations, ensuring that their representation is proportionate to their realities and contributions to society.
Mar 25, 2024
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Areej Elhag
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Women’s Dress in Iran: From the Islamic Sitr to the Political Hijab
The Islamic Republic’s position that it is merely carrying out a religious mandate is disingenuous, as is clear from Khomeini’s own religious writings and from the history of the hijab in Iran. Whereas the concept of sitr remains separated from politics in Iran, the hijab is now unequivocally a political concept.
Dec 7, 2023
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Mushtaq Abd Munaf
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Could Libya Become Africa’s Afghanistan?
As political figures vie for influence in Libya, Islamist groups have been empowered to crack down on religious freedoms, women, and minority groups across the country.
Jul 26, 2023
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Khalil El Hasse
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Sinjar: Challenges and Resilience Nine Years after Genocide
The ninth anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide in Sinjar, Iraq is drawing near, a tragedy in which thousands of Yazidis were murdered, Yazidi women and children were enslaved, and Yazidi villages and compounds were destroyed by ISIS in August 2014.
Jul 25, 2023
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Izat Noah
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The Border of the EU Starts at Syria’s M4
Driven by forced conscription, economic deterioration, and lack of opportunities, Syrians are increasingly crossing the M4 in northern Syria on their journey to Europe.
May 26, 2023
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Rena Netjes
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Migration from the Horn of Africa to Yemen: Not Just a Passing Phenomenon
Though Yemen struggles with economic, political, and environmental issues of its own, more and more migrants are crossing the country's borders in hopes of a better life.
May 25, 2023
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Muneer Binwaber
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Iranian Daughters: Struggling for the Rights Their Mothers Lost in the Revolution
Activists fighting for women's rights in Iran today have learned from their predecessors' mistakes and are more determined than ever to achieve gender equality.
Jan 13, 2023
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Sepideh Zamani
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Will the Russian Intervention in Ukraine End Humanitarian Assistance for Syrians?
Changing geopolitical dynamics and upcoming international decisions have the potential to make Syria's humanitarian crisis worse than ever.
Jan 6, 2023
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Mahmood Alhosain
Jonas Ecke
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Exploring Russia's Views on Humanitarian Aid in Syria
With the UN Security Council set to vote on whether to extend UN cross-border aid efforts into northwest Syria, Russia is once again poised to jeopardize humanitarian assistance to the 4.1 million civilians who rely on this lifeline to survive.
Jan 4, 2023
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Jonathan Robinson
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How Longstanding Iranian Disinformation Tactics Target Protests
After decades of global and domestic disinformation campaigns, the Iranian regime has only doubled down on media manipulation in response to recent protests.
Nov 1, 2022
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Allan Hassaniyan
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Iran on the Threshold of Another Revolution
The most recent wave of protests in Iran appears more unified and determined, suggesting it may be the start of something much bigger.
Sep 28, 2022
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Shukriya Bradost
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Women’s Rights—Why the West Shouldn’t Abandon the Middle East
A Reaction to Biden’s trip to the Middle East through the lens of women’s rights.
Aug 31, 2022
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Jemima Shelley
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Syrian Women Navigate the Patriarchy of War and Women’s Rights
Despite Syrian women’s significant contributions in coordinating anti-Assad activity during the 2011 revolution, Syrian women now face exacerbated obstacles against participating in civil society.
Oct 20, 2021
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Ishtar Al Shami
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Women and Politics in Algeria: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Algeria’s new elections law threatens to derail progress on women’s participation in country politics and leadership.
Sep 15, 2021
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Ahmed Marwane
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Middle East Public Opinion on the American Dream After Afghanistan
After two decades of decline for America’s world image, the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan will alter Middle East perspectives about American promise and dominance.
Aug 23, 2021
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Munqith Dagher
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Iraqi Women’s Path to Parliament
Reforms are needed to open greater opportunities for Iraqi women's political representation.
Jun 24, 2021
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Ayat Mudhafar Noori
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The Impact of Gender Violence on the US-Kurdish Alliance
Violence against women and other social issues in the KRI require multifaceted, international solutions, and the United States stands to benefit from supporting these solutions.
May 27, 2021
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Ruwayda Mustafah
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Jinwar Women’s Village: Carving a Progressive Enclave Amid Syria’s Civil War
A village of women in Eastern Syria are upholding the core political beliefs of the Kurdish minority there.
Mar 31, 2021
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Kenneth R. Rosen
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After Sparking the Arab Spring, Is Tunisia Still a Success Story?
Gridlock and economic stagnation are testing the Arab world's only functioning democracy.
Jan 22, 2021
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Chiraz Arbi
Maurizio Geri
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