Another Palestinian uprising?
Predictions of a new Palestinian intifada in the Occupied Territories tend to accompany every breakdown in the diplomatic process, announcement of a new colonial expansion project, and Israeli violence against Palestinian life—such as the recent horrific murder of Palestinian infant Ali Dawabsheh by settler terrorists who set fire to his West Bank family home.
Losing hope, Iraqi youth become illegal immigrants to "save themselves"
“Life in Iraq has become unbearable,” says Rafea al-Khafaji, who recently graduated with a degree in management and economics from the University of Baghdad. “Every part of life here is just tiring. It is really hard to live here because of the security situation and the lack of government services.”
Dana Hotel and the soul of the Lebanese south
“Settled by my forebears,” Pulitzer prize winning reporter Anthony Shadid wrote in his book ‘House of Stone’, “Marjayoun was once an entrepôt perched along routes of trade plied by Christians, Muslims and Jews which stitched together the tapestry of an older Middle East. It was, in essence, a gateway - to Sidon, on the Mediterranean, and Damascus, beyond Mount Hermon; to Jerusalem, in historic Palestine; and to Baalbek, the site of an ancient Roman town. This was a place as cosmopolitan as the countryside offered.”
