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Zakaria Tamer: "On the side of the Syrian people"
Journalism in Kyrgyzstan: Shoot the Messenger?
An Interview with Aida Salyanova, Kyrgyzstan's Former Prosecutor General
The Dark Side of Kyrgyzstan's "Affordable Housing"
Kyrgyzstan: Putin’s Eurasian Economic Union and Its Discontents
The Escapees of Bishkek
Mr Kydykbayev goes to Washington
Kurdish disunity on the frontlines of Syria's war
Disunited Kurds
Kurdish disunity on the frontlines in Iraq and Syria
Innerkurdische Spannungen: Welches Kurdistan?
Kyrgyzstan’s NGO and LGBT Crackdown
Kyrgyz mercenary, friend or foe?
COP21: How glacial melt and toxic waste could spell disaster in Kyrgyzstan
The Country With Three Presidents, 13 Prime Ministers, and no decent government
A freelance fashion designer took on a global footwear company, and they both lost
Islam in Kyrgyzstan: growing in diversity
Ground Focus journalism Iraq’s Sunnis damned if they do, damned if they don’t
The myth of Muslim radicalisation in Bosnia
Kyrgyzstan violence: four years on
How is the Ukraine crisis affecting Central Asia?
From Syria to Bosnia: Memoirs of a Mujahid in Limbo
There will be blood: a dispatch from Cairo
Averting all-out civil war in Syria
Hashim Khalid Bishr, chef militaire rebelle à Tripoli, interview
Gamal al-Banna: «Baradei pourrait être le prochain président égyptien»
Gamal Al-Banna, la voce dell'Islam moderato
Ägyptische Revolte hält an
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Zakaria Tamer: "On the side of the Syrian people"
30.08.2018
AJE
Zakaria Tamer: "On the side of the Syrian people"
Syrian writer Zakaria Tamer, 86, gives a unique interview reflecting on the current situation in Syria.
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Journalism in Kyrgyzstan: Shoot the Messenger?
16.03.2018
The Diplomat
Journalism in Kyrgyzstan: Shoot the Messenger?
Pressure on the press has increased in Central Asia’s so-called island of democracy.
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An Interview with Aida Salyanova, Kyrgyzstan's Former Prosecutor General
27.12.2017
The Diplomat
An Interview with Aida Salyanova, Kyrgyzstan's Former Prosecutor General
Having fallen out with the former president, Salyanova faced charges she says were politically motivated.
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The Dark Side of Kyrgyzstan's "Affordable Housing"
20.10.2017
The Diplomat
The Dark Side of Kyrgyzstan's "Affordable Housing"
An activist forced to flee, thousands of missing dollars, and citizens left waiting for their piece of promised land.
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Kyrgyzstan: Putin’s Eurasian Economic Union and Its Discontents
20.05.2016
The Diplomat
Kyrgyzstan: Putin’s Eurasian Economic Union and Its Discontents
At Dordoi Bazaar, the economic promise of the EEU appears remote.
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The Escapees of Bishkek
10.04.2017
Guernica
The Escapees of Bishkek
Torture, prison breaks, and executions - manipulating the terrorist threat in Kyrgyzstan.
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Mr Kydykbayev goes to Washington
09.09.2016
The Economist
Mr Kydykbayev goes to Washington
In Soviet Kyrgyzstan, a teenager furtively listening to American radio broadcasts fell in love with the music of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Now, with his band Salt Peanuts, he is about to fulfil his dream of playing in the home of jazz.
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Kurdish disunity on the frontlines of Syria's war
25.08.2016
The New Arab
Kurdish disunity on the frontlines of Syria's war
Kurdish militias are fighting battles on multiple fronts, yet appear unable to unite.
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Disunited Kurds
27.08.2016
The New Arab
Disunited Kurds
Photographer Davide Vignati travelled through northern Iraq and Syria and bore witness to a staggering array of rival armed groups fighting for the Kurds - and for themselves.
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Kurdish disunity on the frontlines in Iraq and Syria
26.08.2016
The New Arab
Kurdish disunity on the frontlines in Iraq and Syria
Fierce rivalries and fractured alliances mark the mistrust between armed Kurdish groups across northern Iraq and Syria.
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Innerkurdische Spannungen: Welches Kurdistan?
24.08.2016
Wochenzeitungen-WOZ
Innerkurdische Spannungen: Welches Kurdistan?
Im Irak und in Syrien kämpfen die KurdInnen für grössere Autonomie. Wo diese greifbar wird, treten aber Konflikte zwischen den verschiedenen kurdischen Fraktionen in den Vordergrund.
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Kyrgyzstan’s NGO and LGBT Crackdown
17.03.2016
The Diplomat
Kyrgyzstan’s NGO and LGBT Crackdown
Scapegoating the NGOs and LGBT community won’t fix country’s economy.
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Kyrgyz mercenary, friend or foe?
10.12.2015
Guernica
Kyrgyz mercenary, friend or foe?
Russia’s long shadow over Central Asia.
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COP21: How glacial melt and toxic waste could spell disaster in Kyrgyzstan
02.12.2015
IRIN
COP21: How glacial melt and toxic waste could spell disaster in Kyrgyzstan
High in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan Mountains, the twin effects of climate change and gold mining have combined to pose a potential environmental and human health disaster. A melting glacier is feeding a rapidly expanding lake, which experts fear could burst its banks and overrun a mine tailings pond, releasing toxic waste into the region’s water system.
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The Country With Three Presidents, 13 Prime Ministers, and no decent government
07.11.2015
The Atlantic
The Country With Three Presidents, 13 Prime Ministers, and no decent government
A 20-year-old, U.S.-brokered peace agreement turned Bosnia into an ungovernable mess.
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A freelance fashion designer took on a global footwear company, and they both lost
22.10.2015
QZ
A freelance fashion designer took on a global footwear company, and they both lost
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Islam in Kyrgyzstan: growing in diversity
22.10.2015
openDemocracy
Islam in Kyrgyzstan: growing in diversity
Since the late 1980s, Kyrgyzstan has witnessed an Islamic revival. Recent talk of extremist threats and radicalisation obscures the real picture.
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Ground Focus journalism Iraq’s Sunnis damned if they do, damned if they don’t
13.06.2015
Gulf News
Iraq’s Sunnis damned if they do, damned if they don’t
They are being persecuted by Daesh if they do not join them and by Shiites who view them as collaborators even when they have refused to join the extremists.
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The myth of Muslim radicalisation in Bosnia
16.08.2015
Gulf News
The myth of Muslim radicalisation in Bosnia
Bosniaks frustrated with constant media hype about the rise of Daesh in their country
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Kyrgyzstan violence: four years on
01.07.2014
AJE
Kyrgyzstan violence: four years on
Core problems which precipitated the 2010 violence in Kyrgyzstan have not been addressed.
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How is the Ukraine crisis affecting Central Asia?
07.06.2014
AJE
How is the Ukraine crisis affecting Central Asia?
The annexation of Crimea and the ongoing conflict in East Ukraine is causing much anxiety within Central Asian states.
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From Syria to Bosnia: Memoirs of a Mujahid in Limbo
19.12.2013
The Nation
From Syria to Bosnia: Memoirs of a Mujahid in Limbo
A Syrian national who fought in Bosnia and now languishes in immigration detention reflects on the Bosnian war, his predicament and the civil war in Syria.
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There will be blood: a dispatch from Cairo
08.10.2013
openDemocracy
There will be blood: a dispatch from Cairo
The two competing narratives are so at loggerheads that the country risks being driven down the dangerous road of constant low-intensity conflict.
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Averting all-out civil war in Syria
06.03.2012
openDemocracy
Averting all-out civil war in Syria
International diplomacy should declare its unequivocal support for the peaceful protesters and the deluge of peaceful demonstrations still flooding the streets of many Syrian cities, thus pushing for a steady shift of power relations on the ground back to the political, rather than military, realm. These demonstrations bear witness to the determination and bravery of those ordinary Syrians who are steadfast in their resolve to uphold the moral high ground vis-à-vis the regime.
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Hashim Khalid Bishr, chef militaire rebelle à Tripoli, interview
12.09.2011
Tribune de Genève
Hashim Khalid Bishr, chef militaire rebelle à Tripoli, interview
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Gamal al-Banna: «Baradei pourrait être le prochain président égyptien»
18.03.2011
Jeune Afrique
Gamal al-Banna: «Baradei pourrait être le prochain président égyptien»
Partisan d’un islam progressiste et dépoussiéré, Gamal al-Banna livre son analyse de la révolution égyptienne et revient sur le rôle que peuvent jouer les Frères musulmans dans un cadre démocratique.
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Gamal Al-Banna, la voce dell'Islam moderato
05.03.2011
La Repubblica
Gamal Al-Banna, la voce dell'Islam moderato
Intervista all'intellettuale egiziano fratello del fondatore dei Fratelli musulmani.
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Ägyptische Revolte hält an
04.03.2011
Corriere del Ticino
Ägyptische Revolte hält an
Partisan d’un islam progressiste et dépoussiéré, Gamal al-Banna livre son analyse de la révolution égyptienne et revient sur le rôle que peuvent jouer les Frères musulmans dans un cadre démocratique.
