“Perhaps we’ll head back for our graduation meals”

With an ever-increasing focus on the Middle East, we must not forget the related conflicts that rage across Africa

With MPs soon due to vote on extending British airstrikes to Syria, Tristan Parsons looks at and debunks some of the myths surrounding the debate

Tristan Parsons on how environmental changes are engendering conflict, and if uncontrolled will continue to do so

Food Editor Elena Gibbs cooks up a vegetarian Ottolenghi-inspired middle eastern feast

Free education is to be provided to more than one million young people in conflict zones across the globe by the university

The importance of religion to your culture has a significant effect on whether it becomes a duty or a liberty, and with that knowledge, we can really understand the link between religion and extremism

Amiel Cohen considers from a Western perspective the role and representation of the veil in both Western and Muslim countries and cultures

Marina Iskander analyses feminism outside of the western world, and how feminism can be plugged into non-Western cultures.

Hisham Omara leads our coverage of UMSU’s Middle East and North Africa Week with a deeply personal account of the ongoing uprising in Syria

For all of President Obama’s idealistic rhetoric, it falls to our European leaders to take action over the Middle East peace process