Dear Santa: Gaza only wants one gift this Christmas – freedom

1st January 2016 Mousheera Jamal, Gaza. “I have never been out of Gaza because I have never had the chance to leave. Maybe if I had, I would have stayed anyway but we in Gaza have never been able to choose, to say: “This is where I belong, this is perfect for me”. We…

Nigeria Massacre: The Islamic Movement and Its Discontents

January 1st 2016 Written by Navid Nasr On Saturday, December 12, several hundred — and possibly upwards of a thousand — people were gunned down in the streets and in their homes in the northern Nigerian city of Zaria. While the exact number may be unclear, what is certain is that what occurred was nothing…

The Wall Will Fall

Where mainstream media fears to tread

Monthly Archives: January 2016

Dear Santa: Gaza only wants one gift this Christmas – freedom

Nigeria Massacre: The Islamic Movement and Its Discontents