Women are not only half of a society, but its mainstay. They bear its children and they raise its generations. Together with Tunisia, Syria was one…
Author: Itxaso Domínguez
Itxaso Domínguez
Spanish idealist expert in international relations (or at least tries to be), and particularly in Middle East affairs.
Last Jan. 25 (coincidentally, a key day for Egypt’s revolutionaries), Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference (NDC) wound up after more than nearly a year of on-off discussions.…
Every time I now hear or read about the so-called Arab Spring, few are those who are not grasping at straws when referring to Tunisia. Tunisia…
In the midst of this third winter since the Arab Spring, Itxaso Dominguez takes stock of the region’s most notable political developments in 2013. Egypt:…
Talking about politics in Lebanon is always tantamount to wondering about the status of Hezbollah. Meaning “Party of God”, The Economist likes to call Hezbollah a…
Do you remember being a child and being told stories about the “space race”? Didn’t you imagine handsome, brave American and Russian astronauts in over-the-rainbow modern…
Should Jews be allowed free access to pray at Haram Al-Sharif, the Noble Sanctuary, one of Islam’s holiest sites? The Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third most sacred site…
What’s the first image that pops up in your mind when you think about Hamas? Dark-suited bearded men shouting and ranting? Hooded youths hoisting flags and…
Last July I wrote about several Tamarrod-style copycat movements that had been created throughout the Arab world inspired by their Egyptian brethren with the aim of protesting against…
The Syrian National Coalition (SNC), the one and only body considered representative of the Syrian opposition by the international community (despite its lackluster state and problems…