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Ali El Shamy

“My Poetry Depicts You” Offers a Lens on Modern Kurdish Poetry 

A Kurdish man, standing beneath the Kurdish flag, raises his hand as several thousand sing the Kurdish national anthem while they…

11 September 2020

India and China Skirmishes Expose Old Colonial Wounds

Since the mid-twentieth century, India and China have had a complex relationship. China and India have engaged in three major military conflicts,…

04 September 2020

Johnson’s Constant U-turns Leave Voters Frustrated 

Last year’s December election gave the Conservatives an 80-seat majority, which has effectively gave them the ability to pass legislation with little…

21 August 2020

Maya Diab: The Lebanese Star Who Joined Humanitarian Volunteers After the Beirut Blast

Early Life and Education   Maya Diab was born on November 12, 1980 in Achrafieh, one of the…

14 August 2020

Hezbollah Draws International Criticism After Beirut Explosion

The political landscape of post-civil war Lebanon has been precarious. The events of 1990 resulted in 15 years of Syrian occupation, which would only…

07 August 2020

Europe’s Split Response over Turkish Intervention in Libya

Turkey’s intervention in Libya has been garnering media attention for the past two weeks. The two main warring factions in Libya, the Government of…

24 July 2020

Kanye West: The Outlandish Rapper With the 10-Day Presidential Run

Early Love for Music   Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Unlike many rappers of his generation,…

22 July 2020

Oussama Rahbani: The Composer, the Poet and the Political Philosopher

A Family of Composers   Oussama Rahbani was born on December 9, 1965 in Lebanon to Terez Abou Jouda and Mansour Rahbani. His father,…

14 July 2020

Sir Ringo Starr: Former Beatle Celebrates his 80th Birthday with Peace and Love

A Childhood of Unfortunate Events   Sir Richard Starkey, better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, was born on July 7, 1940 to…

10 July 2020

Beijing’s Takeover of Hong Kong Sovereignty

Hong Kong’s semiautonomous status is due to run out in 2047, 50 years after the UK transferred its powers over the city-state to Beijing. Because…

10 July 2020
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Trump's visit tests 'special' US-UK relationship

16 September 2025

Despite Trump's often hostile engagement with traditional US allies, Starmer has trodden a careful path to keep him on side. But is this sustainable?

Christopher Phillips
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
Armed men from the MSA, an armed political movement in Mali's Azawad region, gather in the desert outside Menaka on March 14, 2020. AFP
Politics

The Sahel's paramilitary problem

09 September 2025

Armed groups are being formed in places like Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, where state militaries cannot defeat jihadists and separatists alone. Once formed, however, they seldom stay loyal.

Sergey Eledinov
Egyptian writer May Telmissany poses during a portrait session held on April 15, 2014, in Paris, France. Ulf Andersen/Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

May Telmissany: writing is an act of resistance against the ugliness of the world

14 September 2025

The acclaimed Egyptian writer talks love, betrayal, autobiography, and the lack of Arab literary identity

El-Sayed Hussein
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Butterfly effect: can the Palestine protest movement turn the tide?

14 September 2025

For nearly two years, protests around the world calling for an end to Israel's war on Gaza haven't fizzled out, but grown. Their geographic reach and longevity appear to have no precedent in history.

Bryn Haworth

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