Researching our way to a brighter Arab future

Angie Assal is a born and bred New Yorker. Her artwork embodies her multifaceted identity as a Lebanese-Arab-Druze with American nationality. The concept of Sound of Mazzika is clear and enticing: hand painted, 3 […]

Med 2020 is the 6th edition of annual conferences held by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) – this year’s conference, held in Rome, focused on addressing challenges faced by younger […]

Running a website like Arab Millennial is tough. It requires constant maintenance, and there are many user requests to deal with.

It’s a good problem to have, and when I do have free time, I like to draw, play […]

Last August, I represented Arab Research & Advocacy Bureau at Keith Kahn-Harris’ book launch. His book, Strange Hate, discusses the evolving nature of antisemitism and its abuses by those on the extremities of the […]

I am a sceptical Muslim. I deeply believe in our underlying religious message, but do not take many of the stories in the Qur’an literally. I am, however, reasonably spiritual. You may not care about my specific […]

The situation in Algeria is rapidly changing. The resignation of former-president Bouteflika was recently announced. The military have taken control of the situation and anti-corruption probes have been launched, […]

This time last year, Arab Research & Advocacy Bureau published an article on what to expect in Algeria after Bouteflika’s presidency ends. We published this article in light of his deteriorating health and the […]

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Persepolis is a very interesting book. Originally written in French, it essentially constitutes an autobiography of its author, Marjane Satrapi, a French-Iranian national.

What I found particularly […]

Colonialism has undeniably affected the Arab World. For some of our leaders, it’s instilled a subconscious inferiority complex that hinders diplomatic dialogue with European “influencers”. It’s also made a lot of […]

Throughout history, we have based far too many decisions on who is presenting the options available to us and how those options are being presented to us. Popular media tends to skim over the surface – p […]

This week I decided to travel near the border separating Morocco and Algeria for some primary research for my website and doctoral proposal. I was, of course, on the Moroccan side. Aside from the contraband A […]

*** Disclaimer: I am not a perfect Muslim nor do I think that all Salafi-Wahhabis are the same; in this article I am responding to the majority Salafi-Wahhabi narrative that I can see in Speakers’ Corner […]