Fida’a is one of a growing number of female entrepreneurs in the West Bank, and women like her have been the backbone of the economy for years of prolonged unrest.
Women rewrite the rules of business in Palestine
Category: International
From Ferguson to Fallujah and from Kenya to Kiev, the Fifth Column presents the international news stories you won’t find anywhere else.
Looting Sweeps Venezuela as Hunger Takes Over
Post-Suruc Turkey
Today, it is from the collective efforts around the Kurdish movement that we are learning what a society made up of free individuals might look like in Turkey.
Obama is Setting his Sights on Armed Intervention in Syria
Catholic Churches File Complaint against Chief Extremist
Sa’ad Dawabsha, Father Of Burnt To Death Baby, Dies Of His Wounds
On the Next “Decisive” Meeting of TPP Participants
TPP is back in the spotlight.
The Case for an Independent Kurdistan
The Fifth Column presents the case for Kurdistan and announces its first independent advocacy project.
Hundreds Attend Caracas Forum on Kurdish Revolution in Rojava
Israel to Force-Feed Hunger Striking Detainee Beginning Saturday Evening
A reason for hope in war-torn eastern DRC
Fergus Simpson visits a hospital helping Congolese women and children recover from conflict-related trauma and violence.
The thirty-year war, renewed
Islamic State’s spreading influence in a range of countries makes the military efforts of the United States-led coalition look almost irrelevant.
