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Seven Lean Years of Peacemaking
Benghazi as a wake-up call
Benghazi as a wake-up call By: Alon Ben-Meir The unconscionable attack against the United States Embassy in Benghazi, Libya, which killed four officials, including U.S. Ambassador…
Why Benghazi should give us a lesson in humility
The violent events that shook the Libyan city of Benghazi must be an opportunity to rethink all that we took for granted since the rise of the “Arab springâ€. Indeed, even thou…
Answering Islamophobia: Art, not Arms
Whether the recent attacks on US diplomatic outposts in Libya, Egypt and Yemen were provoked solely by an Islamophobic film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad isn’t entirely clear,…
Another world is possible: How to prevent escalation of intercultural violence as we see it today
Another world is possible: How to prevent escalation of intercultural violence as we see it today By: Thomas Röhlinger Flames, demonstrations, guns: It is scary to observe the up…
Ambassador's killing shines light on Muslim sensitivities around Prophet Mohammed
Tragic Violence in Libya: No Excuse for Perpetrators—or for Provocateurs
With the tragic killing of the American ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and several of his staff as a consequence of an attack on a US consulate in Benghazi (where the L…
US ambassador killed by armed protestors in Libya
Protestors angry about an online film considered offensive to Islam attacked a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya and Egypt on Tuesday, Sept. 11, killing J. Christopher Stevens, Wa…
A necessary re-reading of the "Arab Spring"
There is reason to rejoice the uprisings initiated by the Arab world in 2011. But, their consequences and developments are studied less and less. The satisfaction of the expulsion…
Thomas Röhlinger
Thomas Röhlinger is the founder and editor-in-chief of Radijojo and the World Children's Radio Network. He initiated the World Children's Media Foundation. Under his guidance, th…
Green-on-blue attacks: A shared nightmare for US, Afghans
By: Naveed Ahmad While looking for good news in Afghanistan, one rarely meets triumph. The 2014 withdrawal deadline underscores the need for visible success stories There may be o…