Cardiovascular disease remains Europe’s biggest killer
Cardiovascular disease accounts for 45% of all deaths in Europe and 37% of all deaths in the EU Death rates from cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes are...
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Persona non grata: Potential Sisi Tunisia visit sparks anger
The potential visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Tunisia has sparked controversy within domestic politics with many political figures expressing anger at President Beij Caid Essebsi’s apparent invite of...
What will Trump’s North Africa policy look like?
“If Tunisia receives assistance, it will be given mainly to support Tunisia’s armed forces, security units.” Africa had been largely absent from the debates and speeches of the two US...
Did you know that a Tunisian pope created Valentine’s Day?
Beyond the flood of everything red and heart-shaped, very little about Valentine’s Day can be deemed factual and it is quite hard to distinguish between the historical and the mythical....
Libya: Why it went wrong, and what should be done
The current power vacuum in Libya came about because of the poor intervention of the West, which in the wake of the revolution of 2011 did not contribute enough towards...
The Boy Who Started the Syrian War Tells His Story
“If we had known what would happen, we’d never have written that graffiti,” says Mouawiya Syasneh in The Boy Who Started The Syrian War, a recent Al Jazeera documentary that tells...
Life, Interrupted, For those covered by President Donald Trump’s travel...
Dr. Muhamad Alhaj Moustafa and Nabila Alhaffar wed in 2015 and planned to start a family this year. He was almost through his residency at Washington Hospital Center, and they...
The man who declared the ‘end of history’ fears for...
Francis Fukuyama, an acclaimed American political philosopher, entered the global imagination at the end of the Cold War when he prophesied the “end of history” — a belief that, after the fall of communism,...
Analysis: Trump paints dark picture in defense of travel ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The more Donald Trump tries to build support for his refugee and immigration ban, the darker the world seems to get. In defending his policies barring refugees...
Lessons from Tunisia: Empowering Civil Society in the Post-Truth Era
The surge of populism that led to stunning political upsets in 2016 signals a deep distrust of institutions such as governments and media. Inequality has never been so strong—according to a...
