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Arab Awakening
Arab Awakening news and analysis from The Nation
April 26, 2019
“We held each other and cried. Everyone around us was crying and chanting.”
March 28, 2019
The most striking feature of today’s uprising is that the gigantic rallies are peaceful and socially mixed, with men and women, old and young, taking part—and adamant in their resolve to get rid of the regime.
December 21, 2018
A historian of the Middle East unpacks the widely misunderstood origins of one of the world’s most devastating conflicts.
December 20, 2018
Major political breakthroughs provide an opportunity to rein in the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. But progress is fragile.
December 14, 2018
The outspoken advocate details the plight of her native Yemen—and explains what needs to happen to avoid further disaster.
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March 20, 2018
But with friends like this—a repressive monarch, a war criminal, and a sectarian ideologue—who needs enemies?
March 5, 2018
Tahrir Square, seven years on.
February 16, 2018
Emir Sheikh Tamim’s refusal to even discuss the Saudi/UAE demands has made him a national hero in Qatar.
December 11, 2017
Ali Abdullah Saleh’s life is emblematic of the way the bright hopes of Arab nationalism have disintegrated into sectarianism.
December 7, 2017
The people of Moadamiya and Daraya were once a legend of the resistance, but today we feel like we’ve been forgotten by the world.
