Walid el Houri is a researcher and journalist based between Berlin and Beirut. He is Partnerships editor at openDemocracy and lead editor of its North Africa West Asia section (NAWA). He holds a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Amsterdam and is a former postdoctoral fellow at the Forum Transregionale Studien (EUME) and the Institute for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin. His work and publications deal with protest movements, the politics of failure, and geographies of war and violence. Follow him on twitter @houriwalid
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDeadly clashes in Beirut show Lebanon is a country of no accountabilityAt least six killed and dozens injured in outbreak of heavy gunfire that will also create further obstacles to port...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionAuthoritarian, corrupt, and more of the same. Lebanon has a new governmentThe challenge facing the country's new ministers is formidable – but at first look, it seems unlikely that they’ll...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionAfter nine months of waiting, Lebanon has neither a government nor accountabilityAs Saad Hariri steps down, anger is still growing at a political class that has led the country into an ever deeper...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureEgyptian student of gender and religion jailed for terrorism on visit homeCrackdown on freedoms is intensifying with the arrest of Ahmed Samir Santawy – the latest student to be locked up on...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhat the assassination of Lokman Slim tells us about LebanonIn a country where impunity is the rule, those who murdered Slim can be sure that everyone will know who they are,...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionLebanon’s protesters want an end to incompetence, corruption and impunityThe country’s COVID-19 response has been a disaster – but the people expected nothing else after decades of abysmal...