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Exclusive Intifada Interview with Archbishop Theodosios (Atallah) Hanna

“For those who use the Bible to support Israel need to differentiate between God promise and Balfour promise, because the occupation is the result of a promise given to the

Veil ban: Why Syria joins Europe in barring the niqab

After issuing the veil ban on Sunday, which bars the full-face niqab veil from both public and private universities, Syria is now heading into waters that have proved difficult for

Syria: Prominent human rights lawyer delivered unfair sentence

A prominent Syrian human rights lawyer, was sentenced by Damascus' Military Court to three years imprisonment on charges of "weakening national sentiment". Alkarama condemns the unfair sentence and calls for

A squandered opportunity

When he took office, US President Barack Obama made it a priority to restore US credibility after the damage done by his predecessor. Obama pledged to revamp America’s relationship with

Female rights activist released from Syrian detention

Sources from the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that opposition activist Fedaa Horani was released after serving a 30 month jail sentence.

Turkey is the Only Middle Eastern Country Pointing Toward the Future

Paul Salem, director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Lebanon, has said this may be Turkey’s century because it’s the only country in the Middle East actually pointing toward

Israel goes PR through Propaganda

Israeli TVs and tens of other Israeli media outlets seem to be recruited by the government of Israel now.

Unexplored Guantanamos in the Muslim world

The, now famous, Guantanamo Bay, has unearthed the brutality of American soldiers. Guantanamo is a detainment facility of the United States located in the South Eastern end of Cuba. It

Robert Fisk: The Arabs have their gulags too

We know all about Guantanamo. We know about "black" prisons. You only have to read the evidence from the latest drum-head "trial" at Guantanamo – a man called Khadr.

The son also rises, for Arab misfortune

The most flagrant sign of the decline of Arab nationalist regimes is their transformation into hereditary republics.