Looking at Iran's Green Movement six years on

Published June 18th, 2015 - 11:26 GMT
Demonstrators don green after Iran's disputed 2009 presidential election.  (AFP/Atta Kenare)
Demonstrators don green after Iran's disputed 2009 presidential election. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

The legacy of Green Movement   

Six years after Iran’s disputed 2009 presidential election, which led to widespread demonstrations, violence and arrests, 28 percent of Iranians who took part in a recent poll believe the protests were  unpatriotic and an affront to the Islamic Republic, referring to the after the election as “the Sedition.”

Source: IranWire

 

Israel's modern Arab art museum opens to glow of love 

Founders of the Arab Museum of Contemporary Art, a joint project in cooperation with the mayor of northern Arab-Israeli town of Sakhnin, said it aims to promote "peace and dialogue" in the troubled region.

An old Arab-style building nestled among greenery in Sakhnin in the Galilee region, which has a mixed Jewish and Arab population, houses the exhibits.

Source: Your Middle East

 

The Western Balkan route is no longer the road less travelled for Syrians

A growing number of refugees and migrants from Syria are using the “Western Balkan route,” less well-known than the short, but deadly Mediterranean Sea crossing, to escape the unbearable humanitarian crises in their home countries and rebuild their lives in Europe and beyond. But, along the way, they are facing substantial risks.

Source: Muftah

 

 

 

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