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Malik Al-Abdeh

Malik Al-Abdeh is a freelance Syrian journalist and researcher. He is currently based in London.

Latest Articles

  • By Malik Al-Abdeh

    Dreaming of Sweden

    Hanna Shammo, 23, from Syria is pictured outside the Syrian Association on November 19, 2013 in Vaellingby, near Stockholm. Hanna fled Hasakah governorate in Syria and arrived in Sweden in June 2013. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)...

  • By Malik Al-Abdeh

    Syria's Brotherhood: Doomed to Repeat the Past

    Demonstration against Christians in Damascus, Syria, 1860. From July 9 to 11, 1860, Druze and Sunni Muslims organised pogroms against Christians. (Culture Club/Getty Images) Demonstration against Christians in Damascus, Syria, 1860. From July 9 to 11, 1860, Druze and Sunni Muslims organised...

  • By Malik Al-Abdeh

    The Arabic Slur

    Lebanese Sheikh Hussein Zayat, a calligrapher copies out pages of the Muslim holy book, the Koran, onto sheets of paper. (MAHMOUD ZAYAT/AFP/Getty Images)Arabs pride themselves on a language that has not changed all that much in 1,400 years. It remains tethered to the Qu'ran, that linguistic...

  • By Malik Al-Abdeh

    Only God and America

    US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference after talks with French Foreign Affairs minister and British Foreign Affairs Secretary on the Syria crisis on September 16. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images)It used to be the case that if a Westerner aspired to gain acceptance...

  • By Malik Al-Abdeh

    Freedom, Then and Now

    An Egyptian protester holds a portrait of former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser during a march towards Egypt's landmark Tahrir Square during a demonstration against President Mohamed Mursi on May 17, 2013 in Cairo. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) An Egyptian protester holds a...

  • By Malik Al-Abdeh

    Glorified Middlemen

    Acting president of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) George Sabra (2nd-R) attends a press conference at the end of the SNC meeting on May 30, 2013 in Istanbul. OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Syrian National Coalition (SNC) is a peculiar creature. It can be classed neither as a revolutionary...

  • By Malik Al-Abdeh

    "Sunnism is Our Slogan"

    Iraqi protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in the Iraqi city of Samarra on March 1, 2013 demanding the ousting of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki. MAHMOUD AL-SAMARRAI/AFP/Getty Images...

  • By Malik Al-Abdeh

    Syria, Two Years On

    People hold candles during a candlelit vigil in central London on March 14, 2013 as part of global action on the second anniversary of the start of the Syria conflict. CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images)...

  • By Malik Al-Abdeh

    Out of the Ashes

    The town of Hama in Syria. Hama was the scene of the 1982 massacre of up to 30,000 citizens by the armed forces in the face of an uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood. Credit: Matthew Lloyd....

  • By Malik Al-Abdeh

    The King is Listening

    Jordanians vote in the parliamentary elections on 23 January 2013 in the city of Zarqa, Jordan as a portrait of King Abdullah II looks on. Source: Jordan Pix/Getty Images...

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