Highlighting Progressive Voices for a Better Middle East

How Arab Colonialism Conquered the Middle East

How did the indigenous peoples of the Middle East outside of the Arabian Peninsula become “Arabs?” A perspective on colonialism.

Rethinking America’s Role in Yemen

Questioning — and condemning — the United States’ complicity in the Saudi Arabia’s war crimes on Yemen

By Ben Gladstone

Harvey Milk’s Zionist Revolution

How Harvey Milk’s vision for a liberated LGBT community mirrored modern Zionism’s declaration of a “New Jew” who would fight for their own self-determination.

This is what it’s like to be a student in a besieged Yemen

“When the warplanes left, I tried to force myself to study, but the planes returned to bomb the same place again. Oh heaven, I have a final exam…

President Obama’s Questionable Friendship with Saudi Arabia

Reassessing President Obama’s relationships in the Middle East — and what that means for the future of human rights in the region.

When Counter-terrorism Goes Global

As the world globalizes, counter-terrorism efforts also become an increasingly complicated balance of power and ethics.

Reclaiming Belly Dancing for Middle Eastern Women

Orientalism should not define belly dancing for Middle Eastern women.

By Alana Bannourah (University of Nevada)

To Flee? A Refugee’s Dilemma

Faced with life-threatening violence, refugees wrestle with a…

The Jewish Existential Question

Contemplating a Judaism that reflects our Middle Eastern roots.

By David Malachi