By JORDAN LESSER-ROY In Yemen’s civil war, the governorate of Marib and its youth activists challenge the idea that war must mean total destruction. In March 2015, Sadam Al-Adwar boarded a plane from Pakistan to return to his native Yemen.…
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The Occupation Hurts Everyone, Israelis Included
By YVETTE DEANE In the West Bank, Benzion Sanders is outfitted in an IDF uniform as part Nahal Brigade. Source: Benzion Sanders Staring through the slit of his ski mask at the enemy – a 17-year-old Palestinian, handcuffed, blindfolded, and…
Kidnapped by a Libyan Militia: One prominent gay rights blogger recounts his detention by a conservative militia.
BY SEAN HANSEN “Are you a mule, or not?!” His kidnappers shouted, using a derogatory slang word for a gay person in Libyan Arabic. Abdough Ilbosiphi cowered in the back of a blacked-out Toyota, as it drove away from his…