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Peter Harrison
Peter Harrison is a senior editor at Arab News in the Dubai office. He has covered the Middle East since 2009. X: @PhotoPJHarrison
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Children living in fear due to threat of war
The US and Russia have agreed to remain committed to the nuclear deal that limits the number of nuclear warheads either side will hold in their stockpiles.
Britons should welcome debate, not shut it down
For some time, debate in the UK over immigration has been increasingly reduced to accusations. Too often, those who raise concerns about immigration levels or integration are dismissed as “racist” or “fascist,” as though questioning government policy was a moral failing.
‘Tis the season to be jolly … as the world starves
We are a quarter of the way through the first century of the third millennium, we are the most technologically advanced we have ever been — there is software that can solve complex problems, run economies and even build houses — and yet people are still dying of hunger.
Where can the migrants go?
There is an increasing lack of compassion in the world. People want to stop the alleged influx of unauthorized foreigners entering their countries but fail to offer any solutions for where these people should go instead.
Remembering the 7/7 attacks and the backlash that followed
The UK on Monday marked the 20th anniversary of the July 7, 2005, attacks that left 52 people dead (56 including the attackers) and 784 injured.
Conflict provides no honor or glory, just remorse
Tens of thousands of civilians are being killed because they were born in the wrong place and simply have the “wrong” passport.
Few people would choose to live in a state of war, or in a place where they are denied freedoms other countries provide.
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