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Gender, sexuality, power

Karam Nashar 7 November 2018

On October 20th of this year, a young Syrian woman named Rasha Bassis was murdered by her brother over her alleged relationship with

Jean-Pierre Filiu to Al-Jumhuriya: No stability without liberty

Karam Nashar 13 November 2017

In the latest installment of our interview series, Al-Jumhuriya speaks to Jean-Pierre Filiu, a French historian, Arabist, and professor of Middle East studies

Who’s Afraid of Razan Zaitouneh?

Karam Nashar 10 September 2014

Razan Zaitouneh did not cover her hair in Douma, nor did Samira al-Khalil. They did not ‘go native’ in the conservative town, because they believed that to be a native of Syria should not require conforming to any one cultural or political mold.

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Karam Nashar
Alex Rowell Alex is a Beirut-based writer, translator, and managing editor of Al-Jumhuriya English. His first book, 'Vintage Humour: The Islamic Wine Poetry of Abu Nuwas', is due to be published by C. Hurst & Co. in November 2017. He tweets @alexjrowell.
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