In Israel, everyone goes to the military service at the age of 18. But living in military bases before reaching 18 might be quite odd for some people. Nitzan Regev-Sanders, 25, an International Politics and Sociology student at City University, London talks about her extraordinary experience of growing up in army bases in Israel.
Nitzan was born and raised in Israeli army bases as her father was an Air Navigator on different fighter aircrafts. “In a sense I was drafted to the Israeli Army the day I was born,” she said.
Growing …

 
It has been two years since the start of the uprising in Bahrain.  Back then in 2011, thousands of Bahraini went into the streets of the small island kingdom demanding political reforms and civil rights following similar protests in other Arab countries like Tunisia and Egypt.
Since then, demonstrations in Bahrain continued as  the level of violence increased. Dozens of Bahrainis have been killed since 2011 by the security forces and hundreds were injured. Thousands were arrested and many are still detained according to international human rights organisations.
Amidst this crisis, Bahraini …

Out of great hardship comes great art. From the heart of a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank, a defiant voice is crying for freedom and justice.
In the narrow alleyways of Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, a Palestinian Hip Hop band was born in 2007. Three young rappers who were born and raised in a refugee camp felt fed up with being voiceless and quiet. They decided to sing about their life, their struggle and about the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Their lyrics are strong and often aggressive in describing …