It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore that the waves of protests that shook the Middle East in 2011 have repositioned the theocracy of Saudi Arabia as the main stakeholder in the region.

An article to honour the nonviolent militancy of those who participated in the secular nonviolent pro-democracy movement in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The courage of the numerous political activists sentenced to life in prison in Manama, the legacy of Ayat al-Qurmezi, and the noble actions of the Salmaniyya Hospital Complex medical staff, ought to be remembered and never forgotten.

Peace-building processes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPT), supporting the Palestinian civil society to advocate for a nonviolent resolution of the conflicts in the region.