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Opinion | The Real deal of the century – Mondial 2022 and a regional emergency climate and peace plan by Matai, Israel

Author: Matai Ben Aharon, Israel
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Today it is known that global warming is a fact. The latest alarming reports by the IPCC (Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change) and the IPBES(Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) are suggesting , alongside civil protest movements, cities and countries, that the world is now in an actual climate emergency. Still the main contributor to this climate crisis, […]
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Peace is coming, if we will… by Matai Ben Aharon, Israel

Author: By Matai Ben Aharon, Israel
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The FIFA World Cup in Qatar 2022 as a catalyst for crucial change in the Middle East – Peace and Climate Action   You all know the epic line from Games Of Thrones “winter is coming”, today you should say – peace is coming or, at least, it could come according to the latest announcement […]
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A New Beginning by Ahmed, Sudan

Author: By Ahmed, Sudan
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My name is Ahmed, I was born into a Muslim family originally from Sudan. I was born and raised in Saudi Arabia then moved to Sudan for University. I studied medicine and currently work as a doctor, and I have remained in Sudan ever since.  In Saudi Arabia, people born to Non-Saudi parents do not […]
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Opinion | Yemen Prays for Khashoggi, But Who Prays for Yemen? by Yazeed, Yemen

Author: By Yazeed, Yemen
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For years, and perhaps decades, none of the horrific stories of kidnapping, torturing or assassinating journalists has caught the world’s attention like the current story of the disappearance and possible assassination of a well-known Saudi journalist in Turkey last week. Jamal Khashoggi, who is a prominent Saudi journalist and a critic of the regime, made […]
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The context Jeddah brings by Javaria Yaqoub, Saudia Arabia

Author: By Javaria Yaqoub, Saudia Arabia
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It was the October of 1999 and the Prime Minister of Pakistan was on trial for kidnapping, attempted murder, hijacking, terrorism, and corruption. In the following days, his head-counsel was gunned down, and a death penalty was awaited. The man running against him was Pervez Musharraf the four-star army general, that Sharif had appointed as […]
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How it all happened by Y. Yemen

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On March 21st, a few hundred men who mainly came from the province of Saada in Yemen, and who were surrounding Sana’a, the capital, overran the city and within a few hours controlled every public facility in it. The men were gathering around the city for few weeks before they made their way inside it. […]
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Dueling perspectives and dual perspectives: The responsibility of journalists in the Middle East, By Eliana Rudee, Israel

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In 2014, I was in Israel on a social entrepreneurship program with 35 other Americans and Israelis. We were here when Hamas kidnapped three Israeli boys and we were here when we later found their bodies. A week later, our lives were momentarily halted when we heard the wails of sirens, notifying us of incoming […]
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What Made Me More Tolerant With People by MachElhadi Hassan, Saudi Arabia

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What made me more tolerant with people? I am a very tolerant person, I don’t judge people, and I value the idea of freedom of religion. I respect and value all religions. Being bullied in school and watching Oprah Winfrey have been some of the major influences in my life that made me a more […]
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Mourad,Dexter and the Saudi scholar, by Hanane Harrath, Morocco

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This article was also published in the Huffington Post His name was Mourad and he was 20 years old. He was very pleasant and very funny too. He was my driver from Casablanca airport to my hotel. Actually, driver was not his job. It was just a temporary occupation. “You know how it is here: at my age […]
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