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September 27, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Testimony of Elliott Abrams Before HFAC MENA Subcommittee

  Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee, Thank you for inviting me here today. As you know, there has been a serious rise in terrorist attacks this year in the West Bank. Why has …

Elliott Abrams Testifies Before HFAC

July 20, 2023

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Male Guardianship Policies Persist in MENA Region

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers July 15 to July 21.  

Moroccan women walk along a narrow street in Mohamadia, Morocco, April 28, 2018.

June 25, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Women Ministers in MENA

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering June 16 to June 23, was compiled with sup…

Egypt's Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali talks during an interview with Reuters at her office in Cairo.

February 27, 2017

Middle East and North Africa
Improving Women’s Economic Participation in MENA Nations

This post is co-authored by Alyssa Dougherty, research associate for women and foreign policy, at the Council on Foreign Relations. The female labor force participation rate in the Middle East and…

A female employee is seen as she works at a petrol station in Cairo

April 6, 2012

Human Rights
Weekend Reading/Viewing: Media in the MENA

The Mosireen Collective, an Egyptian video project, recently nominated for “Best Video Channel” category of the distinguished Deutsche Welle International Blog awards (The BOBs) Zeinab El Gundy for …

Weekend-reading-04062012

January 29, 2024

India
The Battle for Global South Leadership

Both China and India aspire for the role, but it is not clear if nations that belong to the group see either of them as a benign leader or their champion

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China's President Xi Jinping attend the BRICS summit meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 27, 2018.