Author: Nader Hashemi

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A supporter of the ruling Ennahda party shouts slogans in support of the party during a demonstration in Tunis February 9, 2013 (photo: Louafi Larbi/Reuters)

Islamism and Secularism after the Arab Spring

Muslim's Multiple Modernities

For Muslim societies, the way to democracy will inevitably involve religious politics, says Nader Hashemi in his essay. And for historical reasons, he argues, Muslim societies will develop different concepts of democracy than the ones common in the WestMore

Interview with Nader Hashemi: On the Compatibility of Islam and DemocracyPolitical Models after the Arab Revolutions: Islam, Sharia, and DemocracyThe Arab Spring and the ''Nahda'' Reform Movement: The Second Arab Renaissance

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Most Recent Photo Essay

Left on their own: the Kurds in Syria opted to side neither with the regime nor the opposition after the civil war broke out in 2011. Now they stand alone, besieged and with no one to back them since their American allies withdrew

Syria's Kurds between hope and fear

Photojournalist Karlos Zurutuza travelled through the northern Syrian border area following the Turkish invasion. He met families on the run and lonely men left behind in the villages.