Lina Khatib

Lina Khatib is the director of the SOAS Middle East Institute at SOAS University of London and an associate fellow at Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme, where she previously served as director.

Killer profits in Lebanon’s medicine trade reveal the dystopia faced by its people

Searching for medicines in Lebanon is like being in a dystopian movie.Last year, a family member of mine there was diagnosed with a degenerative…

02 December 2023

A Middle East war motivated by destructive politics

A new Middle East is emerging. This is not the same as the new Middle East that American neoconservatives were claiming to be creating in the run up…

23 November 2023

Bashar al-Assad’s Hollow Victory

President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has now endured through nearly nine years of civil conflict. The question for those…

25 January 2020

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Documents & Memoirs

Peacemaker or evil genius? Kissinger’s mixed legacy in the Middle East

01 December 2023

Henry Kissinger will be remembered for his controversial legacy in the Middle East

Sami Moubayed

Iraqis hold a mass rally supporting the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023., in Baghdad

Politics

Gaza war poses political dilemma for Iraq

20 November 2023

The prime minister in Baghdad must deal with the demands of the US, Iran and armed groups at home, while trying to prioritise his own national interests. Here's a three-option plan on how he can.

Ayad Al-Anbar