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Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, January 8, 2017. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili

The ISIS campaign against Iraq’s Shia Muslims is not politics. It’s genocide

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Call centre workers receive calls from female customers for taxi booking jobs at Noor Jordan for Transport Taxi Moumayaz (Special Taxi) in Amman, Jordan, March 24, 2016. The Jordanian taxi company has launched a new service run only for women, exclusively by women, with 10 women taxi drivers for the first time in Jordan picking up only female passengers and families. The company chairman Abu al-Haj said they plan to hire another 10 women as drivers, and possibly more if the service expands. Picture taken March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Struggling economy? Gender equality can fix that

Bessma Momani and Sumaya Attia

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

North Africa six years after the Arab Uprisings: Reflections and prospects

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM AST

A boy, evacuee from a rebel-held area of Aleppo, carries blankets he received as aid in al-Kamouneh camp, Idlib province, Syria December 29, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

Until a ceasefire covers all rebel groups, war will rage on in Syria

Friday, December 30, 2016

Syria and the aftermath of the battle for Aleppo

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM AST

Foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov (C) of Russia, Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) of Turkey and Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran, leave after a news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

The assassination of Andrey Karlov: What his death means for Turkish-Russian relations

Beverley Milton-Edwards and Sumaya Attia

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Widows learn how to use computers at a widows training and development center in Baghdad, November 13, 2012. Baghdad's Widows Training and Development Centre offers training to improve employment prospects for widows and help enable them to set up their own businesses to support their families. Established in 2006 and funded by a number of international charities, the centre has initiated a number of training and awareness workshops to support widows and orphans financially, socially and psychologically. Picture taken November 13, 2012. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY) -

Untapped Potential: Female employment in the Middle East.

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine addresses the 71st United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, New York, U.S. September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTSOZWU

Two ways Trump will stymie the emergence of a Palestinian state

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Thursday, December 15, 2016

A Turkish student cries during a protest to show solidarity with trapped citizens of Aleppo, Syria, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Assad is thriving on the West’s hesitation. The time for standing back is over

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Young entrepreneurs work on their laptops at the Amman-based Oasis 500, a seed investment firm which finances start-up firms in the region's information technology sector, November 2, 2011. Across the Middle East and North Africa, the Arab Spring uprisings have hurt many businessmen. Economies have slowed sharply as political uncertainty deters investment, new governments focus on trying to restore social stability instead of reforming economic policy, and labour unrest disrupts production and drives up costs. Oasis 500's Executive Chairman Usama Fayyad said governments had become more careful about appearing even-handed towards companies, even in countries that have been relatively untouched by the Arab Spring. In the long term, though, a cleaner, fairer business environment could, even more than other economic reforms such as deregulation and fiscal policy changes, help to solve one of the Arab world's biggest problems: job creation. A more level playing field could spur the growth of similar small and medium-sized firms. Picture taken November 2, 2011. To match Mideast Money ARAB-BUSINESS/SPRING REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Equality and the economy: Why the Arab world should employ more women

Wednesday, December 7, 2016