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Tarabband frontwoman Nadin Al Khalidi: ‘I see my music as a tool to connect East and West’

Nov 17, 2015

How did you end up forming a band playing Arabic music in Sweden? I grew up in Iraq, where I(...)

Nov 17, 2015

Between April and October of 1980, amid an economic downturn, Fidel Castro announced that Cubans who wanted to leave could(...)

Nov 17, 2015

Syrian-Americans watched with heightened concern on Monday as a number of Republican governors said they would block Syrian refugees from(...)

Nov 17, 2015

"When I entered the Prime Minister's office for my second term, I was summoned to Washington. 'Not one brick', they(...)

Nov 17, 2015

By Juan Cole Some analysts trying to understand Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) had suggested that it differs from al-Qaeda in its(...)

Nov 17, 2015

In a rare moment of cooperation, Hamas on Monday turned-over the Gaza Strip home of Yassir Arafat to the Fatah(...)

Nov 17, 2015

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Ali Awad, 14, was chopping vegetables when the first bomb struck. Adel Tormous, who would die tackling(...)

Nov 17, 2015

popular Brazilian singer has declared he will not perform again in Israel — prompting the Jewish community to accuse him(...)

Nov 16, 2015

ACCESS joins the worldwide outpouring of grief for the victims of the recent attacks in Beirut, Paris, Baghdad, Syria(...)

Nov 16, 2015

Jacobin is happy to feature an interview with journalist David Barsamian and Professor Noam Chomsky. In it, Chomsky explains the roots(...)

Nov 16, 2015

The extremist group the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) has made effective use of social media to(...)

Nov 16, 2015

This week, three terrorist attacks shook the world. In Lebanon, the Islamic State (IS) carried out a deadly attack in(...)