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Democracy In Exile

What Saudi-Iran Talks Mean for Saudis and Iranians Themselves

September 10, 2021

Democracy In Exile

Anti-Democratic Disinformation, Fueled by the Gulf, Dominates Arabic Twitter

September 3, 2021

A picture taken in the Iranian capital Tehran on May 14, 2021 shows an Iranian man checking the Clubhouse App on his smart phone. - As Iran gears up for a presidential election, people from across the political spectrum are taking to the audio app Clubhouse as a rare forum for debate inside the country. Yet Iranian Clubhouse moderators have come in for criticism for not allowing all voices to be heard. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Democracy In Exile

Is Clubhouse Really a Harbinger of Free Speech in the Middle East?

Syrian boys ride their bikes under pre-Baath Syrian flags, that was adopted by the Syrian revolution during the uprising, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on March 15, 2015, to mark the fourth anniversary of Syria's conflict, which began with anti-regime protests in mid-March 2011 and spiralled into a bloody war after a harsh government crackdown on demonstrators. AFP PHOTO / AMC / ZEIN AL-RIFAI (Photo credit should read ZEIN AL-RIFAI/AFP via Getty Images)

Democracy In Exile

The Syrian Regime Finds a New Battlefield on the Internet

November 14, 2020