Nafeesa Syeed |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
Young Tunisian independent activists are sitting out party politics and looking for other outlets of change. |
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Friday, Mar 29, 2013 |
Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party, insists that Islam and democracy can coexist and even thrive in his country, Nafeesa Syeed reports. |
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Friday, Mar 29, 2013 |
Beji Caid Essebsi accused the Ennahda of hamstringing the country after the revolution, insisting that the ruling party's Islamist ideology prevents it from building broader consensus, writes Nafeesa Syeed. |
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Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 |
At a public debate in Tunis, the challenges of governance for the Ennahda party were on display. |
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Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 |
Nafeesa Syeed reports on the political reactions and protests in response to the killing of opposition leader Chokri Belaid, head of the Democratic Patriots Party. [Updated Feb. 7] |
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Friday, Jan 4, 2013 |
A team of teenage girls who were “tired of darkness” invented solar-powered appliances and created a company that is selling and distributing them around the country, writes Nafeesa Syeed. |
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Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 |
Hooria Mashhour, Yemen’s minister of human rights, calls for new strategies to combat terrorism and an end to drone strikes. |
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Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 |
In a country where art galleries are few and far between, artists have transformed walls in public places into canvases. Critics of the form recently defaced graffiti displays across the country, but Yemeni artists are pushing new mural and sculpture projects to advance the idea of public art, writes Nafeesa Syeed. |
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Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 |
The walls not only provide outlets for protest, but canvases for intricate pieces in Taiz, a city in southern Yemen. A group of young artists there took to the streets last summer to recreate the paintings of acclaimed Yemeni artist, Hashim Ali, which were defaced by autumn. |
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Friday, Sep 14, 2012 |
Tear gas, protests, chants and slogans occupied the streets of Sanaa in Yemen on Friday, in response to an anti-Islam video that has sparked unrest across the region. Nafeesa Syeed reports from the scene, where many protesters admitted to not having seen the clip, by choice or circumstance. Still, people are perplexed about the purpose of the video. |
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Thursday, Sep 6, 2012 |
Eighteen months after Yemen's revolution, some worry the country is slipping backward. Nafeesa Syeed talks to activists, politicians and everyday people in Taiz, the intellectual heart of the revolution, about their fear that Saleh's remnants have too much control, Iran and the US are fighting on their soil and women's rights are being ignored. |
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Monday, Aug 6, 2012 |
Even as world headlines from the Middle East focus on upheaval and violence, the region's culture continues to thrive. Here's our look at some groups and individuals making their mark on arts and culture in the region. |
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Thursday, Jul 5, 2012 |
With Berber roots, Souad Massi picked up the guitar as a teenager, studied classical music in Algeria, and indulged in flamenco and Turkish music. Often compared to Tracy Chapman and Joni Mitchell, she is doing a series of concerts in the US to mark Algerian independence. Nafeesa Syeed talks the world music queen. |
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