Call for Articles: 10 years post Arab Spring – has a new era started?
10 years ago, the so-called Arab Spring swept across North Africa and the Middle East and challenged the authoritarian systems. During this time, the people […]
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Aid, Policy and Conflict: shifting the EU impact in Israel/Palestine
When tension rises and violence expands in Israel and Palestine, the question of the European Union’s possibilities of action is raised. Through communiqués and declarations, […]
See MoreCall for Articles: Revisiting African Narratives
Africa Rising, African Renaissance, Africa’s century… So many notions are circulating trying to encapsulate Africa’s prospective economic and political ascent into the first row of […]
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Regional Hegemony and the Loss of a 12,000 year old World Heritage Site: Hasankeyf
Two weeks ago, the third turbine of the controversial Ilisu Dam, located on the Tigris river in Turkey’s southeastern Batman province, was launched. The dam, […]
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Morocco Reinforces its Faith-Based Diplomacy in West Africa
Faith-based diplomacy has become an increasingly competitive market where countries are using their religious background as a soft power tool. Morocco is one of those […]
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IFAIR’s Series in Times of Corona: Today from the UAE
I am drafting this piece in response to the recent efforts by the government of the United Arab Emirates to combat COVID-19 within the country. […]
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Green Hydrogen from the Sahara – A bridge between Europe and North Africa?
More than 120 years ago, in his book “The Mysterious Island”, Jules Verne’s novel character Cyrus Smith prophesied that “water will be the coal of […]
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Youth unemployment in North Africa: A short overview
Children and young people (0-24 olds) currently account for nearly half of North Africa’s total population and thus make North Africa the ‘youngest’ region of […]
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Labour Migration to and from Jordan – Blessing or Curse to the Local Economy?
Countries within the MENA region demonstrate a diverse range of economic structures. Jordan proves to be an interesting case study as remittances from labour migrations […]
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Why France’s colonial chapter in Algeria is anything but history
“Here we drown Algerians” sign on Saint-Michel Bridge in Paris in 1961. Dozens of bodies were later pulled from the River Seine. . Election season […]
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