Middle East Uncovered
Middle East Uncovered, Ammar Abdulhamid, John Aziz, Ahmad Mansoor Ramizy, Iram Ramzan, Olivia Cuthbert, Hamza Howidy, Ahmed Windi, Issam Fawaz, Abdullah Najjar, Giovanni VignaClear-eyed analysis, grounded reporting, and historically informed commentary on the political, cultural, and societal shifts shaping the Middle East today.
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Lebanon’s Amnesty Law Is a Cover for Judicial Abuse
Lebanon’s latest debate over a general amnesty law is being presented as a humanitarian response to prison overcrowding, judicial delays, and unresolved legal cases. But that description captures only part of the story.
The proposed law wo...
“They’re Not Training Them to Fight Marines. They’re Training Them to Fight Me.”
Middle East Uncovered uses pseudonyms to protect our sources in Iran.
When I first spoke with Kazem earlier this year, he was in Turkey. He and his wife left Iran after the regime shut down internet access in the wake of the January prote...
Seventy-Two Hours of Taliban Repression in Herat
In the span of seventy-two hours, the Taliban turned Herat into a laboratory of fear—arresting women on the street for the shape of their veil, shooting into crowds demanding accountability, and killing a child who had innocently wandered i...
What It’s Like To Be a Publisher In Egypt
“What It’s Like To Be” takes readers inside the lives of people working in remarkable and often demanding professions across the Middle East. Each installment offers an intimate look at the realities shaping their daily world. Look for WILT...
The Man at the Center of an Alleged Iran-Linked Terror Network
If a picture can paint a thousand words, certain photographs raise more questions than answers.
Wearing a cap and military-style clothing, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi sits beside a smiling Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian general kille...
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What others miss, we uncover. On-the-ground reporting, local voices, real stakes. Complex stories, clearly told. Powered by Ideas Beyond Borders.
Syrian-American pro-democracy activist and analyst. Chief Governance and Policy Officer (the Parliamentarian) @WorldLibertyCongress. Views are my own. Reposts & Likes ≠ Endorsement.
British-Palestinian writer. Focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but also dipping toes into history, economics, futurism, statistics, technology, etc.
Afghanistan Program Director at Ideas Beyond Borders. Writer and reporter for the Middle East Uncovered.
Iram Ramzan is a journalist and commentator, with a focus on foreign affairs and social issues, particularly on British Muslims. Huge Bollywood fan. Co-host of the Taking The Myth podcast, an award-winning monthly sceptical show.
Senior writer at Middle East Uncovered, a publication of Ideas Beyond Borders. Journalist and photographer covering the MENA region
Palestinian writer | Speaker in Germany. Author of Muscheln am Strand von Gaza (S. Fischer 2026).
Ahmed Windi is an Iraqi writer and analyst exploring youth, migration, peacebuilding, and social change across Iraq and the Middle East.
Lebanese researcher in Marketing and communication, based in the UK. I explore how people and ideas move through communication, exploring why some stories persuade and others fade. I'm interested in Middle Eastern politics, and appalled by it .
Host of the Award-Winning Podcast "In the East Wing" | Covering Developments in the MENA region.
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