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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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Politics

Attacks on Iran make a nuclear bomb more likely

20 June 2025

Iran's nuclear programme is damaged, but its determination is heightened

Eric Brewer
Michelle Thompson.
Business & Economy

What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz?

18 June 2025

The strait carries up to 20% of the world's oil exports at around 20 million barrels of oil each day. Any closure could cost the global economy greatly, even if only for a short time.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi
A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while gathering with others during a rally in solidarity with the government against Israel's attacks on Iran on June 14, 2025. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Iran is further from regime change than Israel thinks

17 June 2025

Israel sees an opportunity to eliminate a strategic regional rival, but the future course of events primarily hinges on what Trump decides to do next

Houssam Itani
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranians on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (portrait), in Tehran on June 4, 2025. KHAMENEI.IR / AFP
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Ali Khamenei: the guardian of Iran's strategic patience doctrine

21 June 2025

For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone

Arash Azizi
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

How Israel pulled off its unprecedented strike on Iran

18 June 2025

Years of painstaking intelligence work went into the operation that activated vast networks of operatives and involved multiple layers of subterfuge

Michael Horowitz

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