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This article talks about how women's economic and social empower remains low in 2016. According to the Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights, gender equality status remains low in terms of economic and social empowerment and violence against women. Though some progress has happened with equality, about a 14% increase in female representatives in the parliamentary elections.

In this Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre release, the events of the Middle East Peace Summit are reviewed. While no peace agreement was made (and both sides claim that the other was unwilling while claiming to be overly fair), guidelines for future talks were settled upon.

According the Independent, a middle east news center, reported today an explosion in Ankara with at least 18 killed and 45 injured; a car bomb hit Turkey's capital. Turkish officials assume that the Kurdish Worker's Party is responsible; possibly due to an unsuccessful peace negotiations between Turkey and the PKK.

ISIS has now threatened the lives of children in Turkey. The caliphate took the lives of Christian children in Pakistan and now it threatens to kill Jewish children in Turkey. They will be targeting kindergartens, schools and youth centres.

The Israeli regime has been known to have killed 19 Palestinians in the past six months, according to a report released by the PLO-affiliated Abdullah Al Hourani Centre for Studies and Documentation. The Centre says that Israeli soldiers justified these murders under the pretext of self-defence.

Thsi article explores the state of Christians in Syria. Patriarch Gregorios and Bishop Ibrahim add to this discussion.

This article from BBC showcases how Egyptian street art is a new voice among Egyptian protestors. In response to events, artists have filled the walls with murals and slogans in response to events such as the Maspero Massacre in 2011. Some of the reoccurring images are of a tank aiming its cannon at a boy on a bicycle carrying bread on his head as well as a melancholy panda. Other artists have integrated some of Egypt's history in their murals showcasing Egyptian pride amongst the rebellion.

More than two years after protesters toppled Hosni Mubarak, Cairo is still ablaze with fiery visual reminders of Egypt's revolution. On the edge of Tahrir Square - the nerve centre of dissent - the burned-out tower block that once housed the headquarters of Mubarak's National Democratic Party stands blackened and empty.

This Article explain how Saudi Arabia is moving toward Political succession and also talks about that Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has passed away after nearly 10 years as the country's top leader. "King Abdullah isn't a reformer but a modernist. There's a difference," Ali Alyami, director of the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, told Al Jazeera. He has empower saudi's women in so many ways. which is illustrated in toward the end of the article .

This is a great example of how blatantly the media will publish biased reports. I always knew there was media bias but I hadn't realized how extreme it can be.

Highlights the change in Iran's nuclear program over the past decade. Although there was concern over national security in the 1970s, the Obama administration along with many other countries fear that Tehran's goals are not peaceful.

It is a relief to see that water is finally making it back to Aleppo. The city has been under siege and civilians have been deprived of water. This article makes a valid point, showing that water has been used as a weapon of war.

This article from the Global Research Center for Globalization looks at the relationship with Islam and it's negative portrayal in the media. This is an important view because it looks at this relationship from both points of view.

This article from the Global Research Center for Globalization looks at the relationship with Islam and it's negative portrayal in the media. This is an important view because it looks at this relationship from both points of view.

The Syrian Arab Army's Central Command and their allies have been planning for this offensive for a long time now; it is expected to be the largest military operation to take place during this brutal war against ISIS.

This article discusses women and media in the Middle East, and how women can "gain power through self expression." I thought that this was a very important message, and found points that the article raised about women in film and journalism were very relevant.