Atoning for the Past
From left to right, Mohamed Ghallol, Ahmed Marzouki, Hocine Assayad and Abdellah Agaou pose in Rabat in October 2000. They all spent more than 20 years in the Moroccan jail system without any trial...
View ArticleStrategic Thinking
Major General Mohammed Bilal General Bilal, as the leader of the Nationalist Party of Egypt, has a strong military background but–given the recent political upheaval–a limited popularity among...
View ArticleThe Case for Libya’s Future
Saif Al-Islam pictured during the downfall of his father's regime Libya’s new government—a patchwork of militias, tribes and city states—has achieved two significant victories this past weekend in...
View ArticleSo-called Justice
Relatives of Sevil Sevimli, a 19-year-old French student of Turkish descent who was arrested and detained in Turkey on suspicion of links with an outlawed far-left extremist group, look at family...
View ArticlePromoting Injustice
Demonstrators hold placards reading: “We All Are Hrant Dink, We All Are Armenians,” during the trial of the suspects charged with the January 2007 murder of Turkish–Armenian editor Hrant Dink. Source:...
View ArticleRebels’ Justice
Louay Sakka (R) is an executive member of the US-based Syrian Support Group. He often works out of an office space in his basement in Oakville, ON. His childhood friend, Anas Al-Kassem (L), is a fellow...
View ArticleSoft Shari’a Law in Aleppo
The headquarters of Jabhat Tahrir Syria Islamia (Freedom for Islamic Syria), where Aleppo residents undergo judicial procedures in accordance with Shari’a law. ALEPPO, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ala Jaleema leans...
View ArticleTruth Telling in Tunisia
Tunisians, who are also victims of torture, protest during a ceremony to unveil the Truth and Dignity Commission on June 9, 2014, in the capital Tunis. (Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty images)Tunisia’s new...
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