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Hassan Obeid is a Palestinian researcher residing in Germany. He has taken part in several conferences on the Palestinian cause and Islamic movements. He has published many studies and articles and his research currently focuses on Islamic and social movements and their role in the democratic transition. He co-authored “The Palestinian refugees in the West Bank: the sustainability of life and determination to return.”

Palestine | Jun 19, 2015

Palestinian NGO closes in on consultative status at UN

The Palestinian Return Center has taken a step toward consultative status as a nongovernmental organization dealing with Palestinian refugee issues, a recommendation that still needs ratification by the UN's Economic and Social Council.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers remarks on July 1, 2013 at the opening of the High-level Segment of the 2013 substantive session of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in Geneva. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI        (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
Saudi Arabia | Apr 16, 2015

Qaradaghi: We support action against Houthis

In this interview with Al-Monitor, the secretary-general of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Ali Mohiuddin Al Qaradaghi, shares the union’s relations to Hamas, views on Operation Decisive Storm and other Muslim affairs.

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Palestine | Dec 23, 2014

Student political groups face crackdown in West Bank

The Palestinian Authority’s security forces have targeted student movements in West Bank universities.

A Palestinian student supporting the Hamas movement holds a Hamas flag as she takes part in an election campaign for the student council at the Birzeit University in the West Bank city of Ramallah  May 6, 2014. 
The political parties are competing for the student council's 51 seats in an election that will take place on Wednesday.
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United Arab Emirates | Dec 8, 2014

European Muslim groups angered by inclusion on UAE's terror list

The UAE's recently published list of 85 "terrorist" organizations has prompted an outcry from the European Islamic organizations included on it.

United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (L) listens to his personal assistant during the 10th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit "The Manama Dialogue" in Manama December 6, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (BAHRAIN - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR4GYH3

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