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>.

The Absurdities of Life in Palestine

[caption id="attachment_55244477" align="alignnone" width="620"] Still image from video Concrete, 2012 (Khaled Jarrar)[/caption]“I am not a political…

Syria Speaks

[caption id="attachment_55250295" align="alignnone" width="620"] Opening night of Syria Speaks tour at Rich Mix in London, Wednesday June 11, 2014. …

Rebel Surgery

[caption id="attachment_55249853" align="alignnone" width="620"] Opposition fighters help one of their wounded comrades during clashes with…

The Syrian Ulama at Peace and War

[inset_left]Religion and State in Syria: The Sunni Ulama from Coup to RevolutionBy Dr. Thomas PierretCambridge University Press, 287 pagesCambridge,…

Jihad, Then and Now

[caption id="attachment_55248466" align="alignnone" width="620"] Abdullah Anas speaks with The Majalla. (The Majalla/Tam Hussein)[/caption] As the…

Moving Mountains in Syria

[caption id="attachment_55248246" align="alignnone" width="620"] ‘The miraculous minaret’ no longer. (Tam Hussein)[/caption] A year ago the villages…

Fetteh in ISIS Country

[caption id="attachment_55248019" align="alignnone" width="620"] A rebel fighter walks in a street of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January…

I, the Artist and the Syrian

[caption id="attachment_55247534" align="alignnone" width="620"] Tammam Azzam (Courtesy of the Ayyam Gallery)[/caption] Tammam Azzam doesn’t claim…

The Tunisia that Time Forgot

While the political elite in Tunis are wrangling over the future of the country, there are parts of Tunisia that time has simply forgotten. The…

A Brotherhood Vision for Syria

[caption id="attachment_55247036" align="alignnone" width="620"] Ali Al-Bayanouni. (Tam Hussein)[/caption] In Syria, Al-Qaeda and affiliated groups…