Tam Hussein is an award-winning writer and journalist specializing in the Middle East. He spent several years in the Middle East and North Africa working as a translator and consultant. He also writes for the <em>Huffington Post</em>.

A View from the Bridge

[caption id="attachment_55241655" align="alignnone" width="620"] Veteran war correspondent Medyan Daireh. Courtesy Medyan Daireh[/caption]I have only…

Blowing up the Al-Nusra Front

[caption id="attachment_55241623" align="alignnone" width="620"] AK-47 machine guns hang in a shelter for Syrian rebels in the Salaheddine district…

A Tale of Two Poets

[caption id="attachment_55241219" align="alignnone" width="620"] Rachida Madani and Marilyn Hacker. TAM HUSSEIN[/caption]Multiculturalism has lately…

The Brotherhood’s Man in London

[caption id="attachment_55240702" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Zuheir Salem. TAM HUSSEIN[/caption]Out of all…

A Syrian Spring?

[caption id="attachment_55239542" align="alignnone" width="620"] Walid Saffour. Source: Tam Hussein[/caption]Walid Saffour is sitting in a light,…

Wagging the Bloody Finger

[caption id="attachment_55239303" align="alignnone" width="620"] Protestors supporting the rights of a British computer expert accused by the US of…

Fighting Mental Prisons

The French have long recognized the literary merit of Abdellatif Laâbi’s work. His writing, often compared to that of Pablo Neruda and Nazim Hikmet…