by Amjad Iraqi, for Al-Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network. Narrative and discourse relate to the concepts we use in thinking and communicating about ourselves and the world around us. These concepts ...

Western media reporting on the South China Sea exhibits a consistent pattern of thematic selection and amplification.

Fletcher’s Storythinking explains the vast role that storythinking plays in human affairs as chains of narratives drive ...

Many organizations working toward social change understand the power of stories to transform how people think about and act on issues. It follows that a common question among movement leaders, ...

Editor’s Note: This piece launches Al-Shabaka’s Narrative and Discourse Policy Circle, in which a team of Al-Shabaka policy analysts are working together across borders to tackle the question of ...

Forty-four percent of students feel comfortable expressing their opinions on campus without fear of negative consequences. At the same time, students overwhelmingly support efforts to increase civil ...

Story is all the rage. Everyone wants to tell their personal narrative or to give the Bible a simpler and more relevant plot. Maybe it isn’t such a good idea. I am halfway through a new version of the ...