Category: Society

The Arab Spring: What have we learned?

4. Programs, Canada's NATO, Culture, Egypt, Human Rights, Matthew Rae, NATO, Peace & Security, Rights, Security, Society, The Middle East and North Africa February 12, 2016February 22, 2016 Matthew Rae

On February 11, 2011 the Arab world experienced a seismic political event, the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. This event could be compared to the fall of Prince Metternich on March 13, 1848. Both were largely symbolic events of a larger revolutionary wave sweeping across their respective regions. As the international experts and leaders market the […]

The Yazidis: Iraq’s Forgotten Victims

4. Programs, Canada's NATO, Culture, Fadi Dawood, Human Rights, Immigration, International Relations, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Kurds, migration, NATO, NGOs, Refugee, Rights, Security, Society, Terrorism, The Middle East and North Africa February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 Fadi Dawood

This is the third article in the series focusing on the current refugee crisis in the Middle East. Focusing on the Yazidi community of Sinjar is very important in our task to better understand how these communities have been affected by the recent atrocities committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) against […]

‘Minorityhood’: What is a Minority Anyway?

Canada, Fadi Dawood, Iraq, Islamic State, Society, Society, Culture, and Security, Syria, The Middle East and North Africa January 13, 2016January 14, 2016 Fadi Dawood

This is the first in a number of articles and podcasts that will seek to contextualize the history and politics surrounding the current political and social refugee crisis in Iraq and Syria.   The mass extermination and enslavement of Yazidies under the ISIS in Mosul and surrounding region, and the expulsions of Assyrians from the […]