ARTICLES
Western Balkans: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia
‘Normalisation of violence’: What led to Serbia mass shootings? May 7, 2023
‘Partial independence’: Kosovo reflects on secession from Serbia. February 20, 2023
‘Ambiguous by design’: What’s in the Kosovo-Serbia deal? February 7, 2023
‘Legislating apartheid’: Critics slam Bosnia’s election law plan. July 24, 2022
‘This game is up’: Serbia urged to take a stand on Ukraine’s war. May 11, 2022
Kosovo, Bosnia call for NATO membership as war rages in Ukraine. April 5, 2022
Bosnia needs urgent action to prevent secession: Analysts. November 18, 2021
Bosnians worried push to create Serb army may prompt violence. November 5, 2021
What is Serbia trying to achieve with its military buildup? October 6, 2021
Disputed memo on partitioning Bosnia sparks fears of violence. April 22, 2021
Can aircraft technology uncover mass graves in Bosnia? February 23, 2021
Bosnia: 25 years since Dayton Accords, divisive politics live on. November 2020
Bosniaks in Montenegro live in ‘fear, anxiety’ following election. September 5, 2020
‘No uncertainty’: Ruling party set to win Serbia elections. June 21, 2020
‘A camera doesn’t lie’: Documenting besieged Sarajevo. May 3, 2020
‘Large increase in anti-Bosnian, anti-Muslim bigotry’: Report. September 23, 2019
Bosnia as the new ‘battleground’ between NATO and Russia. July 7, 2019
Russian spies found guilty of Montenegro coup attempt. May 9, 2019
Bosnians deported from Croatia for ‘refusing to spy on Muslims’. March 28, 2019
Is Croatia undermining Bosnia’s sovereignty? December 18, 2018
Refugees stranded in Bosnia allege Croatian police brutality. September 15, 2018
Hijab-wearing women react to Bosnia court ban. February 4, 2016
Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel
Sheikh Jarrah is ‘under a siege’, Palestinian residents say. May 21, 2021
Israel normalization may partition Al-Aqsa: Analysts. September 14, 2020
Israel’s Palestinian citizens: We’ll vote because we’re targeted. February 29, 2020
Israel’s left and right ‘stuck in segregationist, racist trap’. February 28, 2020
After Trump’s plan, what options do Palestinian leaders have? January 30, 2020
Trump’s Middle East plan announcement: Why now? January 28, 2020
How ‘archaeological settlements’ are destroying Palestinian homes. July 8, 2019
‘Get Israel off our backs’: Palestinians react to Kushner plan. June 24, 2019
Did the PA play a role in Jerusalem home sale to settlers? January 6, 2019
Israel ‘moving rapidly’ towards annexation: UN envoy. November 26, 2018
Palestinians face ‘explosive’ bullets, dangerous gas bombs. May 3, 2018
Palestinian shepherd: ‘There’s a sorrow in my heart’. September 29, 2017
Using 3D printers to tackle Gaza’s medical shortages. September 5, 2017
Palestinians say Israeli takeover of Al Aqsa is red line that can’t be crossed. July 25, 2017
Gaza power cuts: When fuel runs out, ‘babies will die.’ June 1, 2017
Who killed Gaza’s fisherman Muhammad al-Hissi? May 7, 2017
Gaza’s women of steel. March 8, 2017
Rebuilding Gaza from its ashes. March 4, 2017
Meet the man crowd-funding Gaza’s first English library. February 10, 2017
Alternative farming on the rise in besieged Gaza. January 28, 2017
Gaza electricity crisis: ‘People are dying daily’. January 7, 2016
Canada
‘I have nothing else’: Uighur man fights to join family in Canada. December 18, 2020
Canada: Murder raises fresh concerns about far-right violence. October 3, 2020
Canada’s support for Israel in the spotlight ahead of key UN vote. June 17, 2020
Hassan Diab case: ‘A labyrinth of injustice’. December 16, 2017
Justin (sunny ways) Trudeau talks left wing, governs right (op-ed). September 4, 2016
Canada’s sexual harassment at work problem. December 15, 2014
Q&A with new Minister of Energy Diana McQueen. December 2013
International
Russia is set to launch Islamic banking: All you need to know. August 30, 2023
‘Changing global order’: China’s hand in the Iran-Saudi deal. March 11, 2023
‘Shooting themselves in the foot’: Western sanctions on Russia. June 2, 2022
‘This game is up’: Serbia urged to take a stand on Ukraine’s war. May 11, 2022
United States
How the US and Israel exchange tactics in violence and control. June 12, 2020
Drone King Barack Obama will not be missed (op-ed). December 15, 2016
In conversation with Chris Hedges (Q&A interview). October 5, 2015
Turkey
The dogs helping to find earthquake survivors in Turkey. February 14, 2023
Erdogan points finger at Saudi ‘puppet masters’ in Khashoggi case. November 2018
One month after Khashoggi killing, probe makes little progress. November 2018
From a master’s pen. (A feature on Islamic calligraphy and one of my favourite stories). Summer 2012
Qatar
A new kind of 3D-printed carrot, in the words of its Qatar-based inventors. October 3, 2023.
‘Qatar will roll with the punches’ with GCC crisis: Analysts. June 4, 2020.
Iran
Iranians with rare disease dying under US sanctions. May 28, 2021
Meet the Iranian youth exporting Persian culture to the world. May 16, 2019
Q&A: Hollywood’s ‘Persian Pink Panther’. June 9, 2013
Lebanon
Lebanon protests: ‘Difficult, delicate’ situation for Hezbollah. October 27, 2019
‘Change the system’: Lebanese protesters tell the government. October 22, 2019