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An Unlikely Intervention
Politics

An Unlikely Intervention

[caption id="attachment_55232009" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Armed fighters in Aleppo confront government forces. Foreign military…

Michael Codner 21 May , 2012
Reading Syria
Culture & Social Affairs

Reading Syria

[caption id="attachment_552320" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Syria has been the subject of several scholarly texts"][/caption] 1. Malik…

Andrew Bowen 21 May , 2012
The Dictator of Laughs

The Dictator of Laughs

[caption id="attachment_55231942" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Sacha Baron Cohen dressed as Admiral General Aladeen"][/caption] Admiral…

Nicholas Blincoe 18 May , 2012
On the Campaign Trail
Politics

On the Campaign Trail

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Alastair Beach 18 May , 2012
The Spoils of Oil
Business & Economy

The Spoils of Oil

[caption id="attachment_55231910" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="An Iraqi petroleum worker walks past a gas burn off flame in the Anzalla…

Amy Myers Jaffe and Keily Miller 17 May , 2012
Jumping off the Pages

Jumping off the Pages

[blockquote]You realize that in silences things yield and almost betray their ultimate secrets [/blockquote] The catalogue for Nobel laureate…

Vedica Kant 16 May , 2012
Turkey's Biggest Export

Turkey's Biggest Export

[caption id="attachment_55231853" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Journalists and human right activists protest in front of the courthouse…

Nicholas Birch 15 May , 2012
The Romney Doctrine?
Politics

The Romney Doctrine?

[caption id="attachment_55231836" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is struggling to present a…

Andrew Bowen 14 May , 2012
In It Together
Culture & Social Affairs

In It Together

[caption id="attachment_55231780" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Princess Badiya Bint El Hassan speaking at the event"][/caption] In It…

Noam Schimmel 11 May , 2012
The Blind Leading the Blind
Business & Economy

The Blind Leading the Blind

[caption id="attachment_55231770" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A Tunisian vendor sells dried fruit before an election poster in Tunis"][…

Paula Mejia 10 May , 2012
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A collage of Israel's policy of destruction and starvation in Gaza. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Unpacking Israel's decisive turn towards savagery

23 April 2026

Israel's gloves-off approach since 2023 didn't emerge out of the blue; it is deeply rooted in Zionist and Israeli military thought.

Majed Kayali
Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

26 April 2026

The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

Alex Vatanka
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

28 April 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.

Marco Mossad
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
Politics

Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services

Haid Haid
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arab women raising the bar in travel literature

28 April 2026

In recent years, travel writing has witnessed a striking revival, though along a different path, one now charted by Arab women's voices.

Ibrahim Adel

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