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This article highlights the Egyptian Revolution and it's ties to social media. We have talked about how Khaled Said was beaten. This talk about how a man in Dubai saw his picture on Facebook and how it prompted him and many other to become activists in the revolution.

And he’s right. But his individual story resonates on two levels: it epitomizes the coming-of-age of a young Middle Eastern generation that has grown up in the digital era, as well as the transformation of an apolitical man from comfortable executive to prominent activist.

Presently, there are 7,000 women from Madagascar working as household help in Lebanon.

a military coup in Madagascar saw the percentage of poor people (those living on less than $1 a day) rise from 67% to 76%

This article seeks to open dialogue about the utility of resource mobilization theory in explaining social movements and their impact by exploring the use of social media in the 2011 Egyptian revolution through a limited case study analysis. It argues that social media played an instrumental role in the success of the anti-government protests that led to the resignation of the country’s dictatorial leader, and calls for further examination of the proposed incorporation of social media as an important resource for collective action and the organization of contemporary social movements.

Millions of migrant workers flood to the Middle East from some of the world's poorest countries in search of paid work they won't find at home.

But for some, the journey doesn't end as they hope. Instead, they become victims of human trafficking, forced labor and sexual exploitation.

"They were lured into jobs that either didn't exist or that were offered under conditions that were very different from what they were promised in the first place," she said.

Police in Algiers beat teachers demonstrating for greater job security on March 21 and 22, 2016, injuring at least two

sit-in to demand integration of teachers into the civil service to provide greater job security.

.G., who asked not to be named, has been a contract teacher for three years in a high school in Algier

As a result, morale among nationalist fighters in northern Syria has plummeted

ISIS remains essentially unchallenged in its heartland in northern Syria, despite repeated U.S. air strikes

In the south, nationalists have fared better at keeping ISIS out and Jabhat al Nusra in check, partly due to a coherent, rational U.S.-led support program operating covertly out of Jordan