Interview

Centre for Defending Freedom of Journalists Executive President Nidal Mansour. (Twitter)
Interview with journalists’ freedom advocate Nidal Mansour
AW staff
Elie Abouaoun, director of the MENA programme at the US Institute of Peace. (Twitter)
Can the UN mediate the Iraq and Lebanon crises?
Lamine Ghanmi
Christian Chesnot, investigative journalist at French radio channel France Inter. (Courtesy of Christian Chesnot)
Former hostage Christian Chesnot sheds light on Qatar's influence networks, old and new
Majed Nehme
Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf. (Twitter)
Amin Maalouf reflects on unrest in Lebanon and beyond
Javier Hernandez-26557
French investigative reporter Jacques-Marie Bourget. (Youtube)
Investigative reporter looks into Qatar's 'corrupting influence' in France, Europe
Majed Nehme
Lebanese-Egyptian artist Bahia Shehab poses for a photo at the Aga Khan Centre, London, September 26. (Mamoon Alabbasi)
Egyptian-Lebanese artist paints Darwish’s poetry on walls around the world
Mamoon Alabbasi
A shift from romanticism. Raja Shehadeh, a Palestinian author, lawyer and human rights campaigner. (Courtesy of Raja Shehadeh)
Why Raja Shehadeh sees hope for Palestinians despite current ‘disenchantment’
Sharmila Devi
Mansour Saleh, deputy head of the media department of the Southern Transitional Council. (Al Arab)
Iran-Qatar-backed talks in Muscat perceived as ‘fomenting discord’ in Yemen’s southern provinces
Ahmed Gamal
Vice-president of the Istanbul-based Syrian National Coalition. (Courtesy of Dima Moussa)
Syrian opposition leader calls for pressure on Damascus as constitution talks loom
Thomas Seibert