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What does 2022 hold for democracy in the Middle East?

Analysis: Dictators and despots across the Middle East have benefited from the myth of authoritarian stability, which many Western governments fully

Giorgio Cafiero

05 January, 2022

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Mounted Israeli security forces ride on a hill during a protest by Beduins in the southern Israeli village of Sawe al-Atrash in the Neguev Desert, against an afforestation project by the Jewish National Fund (JNF), on January 13, 2022. - Bedouin, who are part of Israel's 20 percent Arab minority, have long opposed tree-planting initiatives in the Negev, blasting them as a de facto government land grab in areas they call home. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

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In the Negev, Israel disguises land theft as a legal dispute

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Turkey's perspective on the crisis in Ukraine

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24 January, 2022

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DOVER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 06: Nine migrants drift in the English Channel after their engine failed on September 06, 2020 in Dover, England. The nine male migrants were making their way to the South Coast of England when their outboard motor failed and only had one life jacket amongst them. Last Wednesday, more than 400 migrants made the journey from France to England by sea, either intercepted by UK border force or arriving on shore in their small boats. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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Members of the Baha'i religion demonstrate in Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach on June 19, 2011 asking Iranian authorities to release seven Baha'i prisoners accused of spying for Israel and sentenced to 20 years in jail.

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An Iraqi protester waves the national flag amid clashes with riot police at Baghdad's al-Khilani Square on February 19, 2020 during ongoing anti-government demonstrations. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

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An Iranian woman walks past a large poster of slain top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani (R) and senior Hashed commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis ahead of the second anniversary of their death, in the capital Tehran, on December 31, 2021

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