The revolt in Lebanon has brought thousands into the streets demanding change. Helen Patuck asks Sophie Chamas if it will expand to include demands for justice for the millions who are not Lebanese citizens. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating…
For the past year, a massive popular movement has repeatedly shaken Algeria. Shelagh Smith draws up a balance sheet. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online On 12 December 2019 a new president was declared…
A year after the revolution forced out dictator El Bashir Sudan’s activists are bracing themselves for the pandemic, report Anne Alexander and Irang Bak. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online A year ago Sudan’s…
This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online On 15 January 2020, Israel and Egypt announced that Egypt was beginning importing natural gas from Israel. According to Reuters, the agreement entails Israel exporting to Egypt 85.3…
This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online For a region struggling with ongoing wars, conflicts and sanctions, and the toll of perpetual economic and political instability, the spread of Covid-19 poses a major threat to…
Palestinian activists Manar Raje and Haya Abu Shukhaidem speak to Middle East Solidarity about the growing movement over violence against women in Palestine. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online Across Palestine a new slogan…
Students and university staff played a key role in Sudan’s revolution and are continuing to organise and push for real justice and democracy, writes Dr Iman Hamza From Middle East Solidarity magazine, issue 12. Order a print copy or download as a pdf here El Bashir’s regime created what was called the ‘Higher Education Revolution’,…
Olivia Palmer analyses the roots of Iraq’s agricultural crisis in war, occupation and neoliberal reforms. From Middle East Solidarity magazine, issue 12. Order a print copy or download as a pdf here Iraq is the birthplace of agriculture. Its wheat, legumes and other seed crops have been developed and refined for local conditions over a…
By Sheila Amrouche From Middle East Solidarity magazine, issue 12. Order a print copy or download as a pdf here The rising repression in Algeria has sparked an international campaign in defence of political prisoners. Trade unionists, MPs and activists in Spain, France, Portugal, Peru, Brazil, South Africa and Germany gathered outside Algerian embassies in…
Ten months since the mass movement erupted, hundreds of thousands still surge into the streets. Samir Larabi asks if the people or the old regime will emerge the winners from this contest? From Middle East Solidarity magazine, issue 12. Order a print copy or download as a pdf here Since 22 February 2019, Algeria has…
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