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

The Media War in Syria

[caption id="attachment_55234371" align="alignnone" width="620"] (MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption]Exactly a year after the breakout of the…

So Long, Renaissance

[caption id="attachment_55236177" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian General Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud (C) addresses judges in his office…

The Monarchical Exception

[caption id="attachment_55236879" align="aligncenter" width="620"] KAMPALA, UGANDA: President of Uganda Idi Amin Dada (2nd-L) poses with some of the…

Mr. Öçalan’s Philosophy

[caption id="attachment_55237129" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Kurdish man wearing a t-shirt bearing the portrait of Kurdistan Worker's Party …

The King is Listening

[caption id="attachment_55237670" align="alignnone" width="620"] Jordanians vote in the parliamentary elections on 23 January 2013 in the city of…

Out of the Ashes

[caption id="attachment_55239227" align="alignnone" width="620"] The town of Hama in Syria. Hama was the scene of the 1982 massacre of up to 30,000…

"Sunnism is Our Slogan"

[caption id="attachment_55240969" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqi protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in the Iraqi city of Samarra…

Glorified Middlemen

[caption id="attachment_55242224" align="alignnone" width="620"] Acting president of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) George Sabra (2nd-R) attends…

Freedom, Then and Now

[caption id="attachment_55242831" align="aligncenter" width="620"] An Egyptian protester holds a portrait of former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel…

Only God and America

[caption id="attachment_55245467" align="alignnone" width="620"] US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference after talks with…