“There is no hope, no future here.”
Middle East
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The overlooked wisdom of Arab women journalists in the middle east
Zahra Hankir has compiled a collection of gripping and illuminating essays by Arab women reporters who have worked in the Middle East and North Africa. Hankir’s goal was to bring attention to “underreported tales and the women who tell them.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Lebanese losing faith as politicians fumble over economy
As the economic crisis deepens in Lebanon, so has the public’s distrust in the ability of the old political class, widely viewed as corrupt and steeped in personal rivalries, to tackle major reform.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Trump should lift sanctions on Iran, for both moral and diplomatic reasons.
The Editors: The United States risks engaging in an unending financial war with Iran that could slip into a military one at the slightest provocation.
Posted inFaith, News
How trauma healing sessions are helping Iraqi Christians recover from persecution
After enduring persecution, violence and uprooting, a group of Iraqi religious and laypeople are on the path to healing.
Posted inFaith, News
Syriac Catholic bishops optimistic amid dispersion of their faithful
The prelates noted that Christians “are an authentic component and founder” in Syria and Iraq. They called for solidarity among all citizens to build peace, hope and unity.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Questioning the narrative about the Treaty of Versailles
The treaty’s offhand attitude toward the non-European world stirred up resentments that lingered for decades.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
U.S. belligerence toward Iran is a failure of moral leadership
A U.S. war with Iran would be far costlier than our disastrous invasion of Iraq, writes Margot Patterson, but it may be the outcome of the Trump administration’s draconian economic sanctions and reckless saber-rattling.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Catholic leaders caution against war with Iran as tensions escalate
“There is little probability that another war in the most volatile region in the world, where the recent and current experiences of conflict in Syria, Iraq and Yemen are vivid, will succeed in bringing peace to the region.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
How two Iraqi peacemakers are rebuilding community after ISIS
“We have a mission here; we have a mission with the Muslim people. Our Christian community believes in this mission, that we should be ready to stay, to take this responsibility,” no matter the risks.