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Movie review – The Syrian Bride

If you are reading this in April 2020, there’s a good chance you’re among the 2 billion people stuck inside right now to help contain the spread of the corona virus. It can be dull, but there is no better time than now to engage with high quality, thought provoking films! Green Olive is producing […]

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Ghajar – A Village Under Crossfire

By Miri – “There’s nothing the Arab respects more than a strong steady white hand drawing arbitrary lines betwixt their ridiculous tribal allegiances”   Sir Archibald Mapsalot III It is widely accepted that the geography of today’s Middle East was carved out by Britain and France with no consideration of the thoughts of the people actually […]

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Conflicting Identities, Conflicting Loyalties – The Case of the Druze in Israel

By Miri –  Druze Religion The Druze are a religious community which emerged around the 11th century from Ismailism, the second largest branch of Shia Islam. The main distinguishing factor from other branches of Islam is constituted in the Druze acceptance of the divinity of Hakim, the third Fatimid caliph of Egypt, which also forms […]

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