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Fed to Fail: A Colonial Cycle of Weaponized Food
From colonial cotton fields to IMF subsidy cuts, Egypt and Tunisia have spent generations trapped in food systems designed around someone else’s priorities. Fed…
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How the EHON amendments could reshape Toronto?
On Thursday, November 13, 2025, Toronto city council voted, by a majority, to approve zoning by-law amendments to the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods…
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Could Egypt Fight Alongside Israel?
On July 29, 2026, a fire broke out at Egypt’s Damietta Port on the Mediterranean coast after a drone reportedly struck a gas vessel…
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15 Years After the Egyptian Revolution: Sisi Persists in Misleading the Public
On the 15th anniversary of the January Revolution, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi continues, with remarkable persistence, to justify the past and invoke behind-the-scenes events…
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Can Canada call Egypt an “ally” while ignoring its record of repression?
On November 23, 2025, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Anand, met with Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, in South Africa during the G20…
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Migrants trapped in Tunisia’s exploitation and EU pressure
Tunisia In the streets of Tunis, they wait. Men from Guinea, Mali, and Sudan stand on street corners and roundabouts, their hands calloused…
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Palestinians in Egypt: From Genocide to Legal Marginalization
When the night settles and its noise fades, and Ghada sits by her window watching Cairo’s lights, she recalls the defining moment between homeland…
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Al-Fashir: A Sudanese city bleeding under ethnic cleansing
The conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region in the southwest began in 2003, when two rebel groups—the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and…
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12 Hours in Shatila Refugee Camp: Massacre Wounds Have Never Healed
What is the fate of the half a million refugees in Lebanon living in refugee camps? A community who already endures a life…
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From Oslo to New York: Can the Two-State Solution Survive?
Two days ago, the UN General Assembly approved a draft resolution endorsing the “New York Declaration.” The resolution, which addresses achieving a peaceful settlement…
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What Does It Mean to Return to Syria After 14 Years?
By: Mohamed El-Tayar– Syrian Musician “Syrian musician Mohamed El-Tayar lived in exile for 14 years, far from his homeland, Syria. After the fall of…
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ماذا تعني العودة إلى سوريا بعد غياب 14 عامًا؟
محمد الطيّار – موسيقي سوري “عاش الموسيقي السوري، محمد الطيّار 14 عامًا منفيًا بعيدًا عن وطنه؛ سوريا. بعد سقوط نظام الأسد، قرر العودة إلى…