THE land-locked Saudi capital Riyadh has long been culturally conservative in comparison to other areas in the Kingdom requiring its women to cover their faces with what it is known as niqab. But women there no longer feel fully obliged to move (...)
IN the West, politicians regularly appear on television shows to trade jokes, banter, and perhaps pet policies with a comedic host.
But this self-deprecating, seemingly democratic cultural trend — which even saw US President Barack Obama last year (...)
AS the Syrian crisis marks its fifth anniversary, the divide between Syrians prioritizing their security over those valuing their freedom continues.
A survey conducted by ORB International in late 2015 found that 47 percent of Syrians believe Syrian (...)
DUBAI — For many observers, Syrian Alawites appeared on the surface to be supporters of President Bashar Al-Assad's regime.
However, Fouad Hamira, the founder of a movement made up of members from the Shiite offshoot sect, says that many followers (...)
WITH approximately 3,000 Yazidi women still in the militants' captivity, the persecuted minority from Mount of Sinjar in northern Iraq increasingly want more autonomy as they lose faith in the squabbling governments in Baghdad and Erbil.
The (...)
