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Liberalizing Libya
Politics

Liberalizing Libya

[caption id="attachment_55231453" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Libyans rally in the eastern city of Benghazi on March 9, 2012 against…

Jacqueline Shoen 30 April , 2012
Resilience and Injustice

Resilience and Injustice

[caption id="attachment_55231405" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="A scene from Promised Lands (Susan Sontag, 1974)"][/caption] From 20 April…

Noam Schimmel 28 April , 2012
Under the Skin of Hamas

Under the Skin of Hamas

[inset_left]Hamas: From Resistance to Government By Paola Caridi Seven Stories Press, New York [/inset_left]In this new book, Italian journalist…

Alex Edwards 27 April , 2012
Debating Arab Women
Politics

Debating Arab Women

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Jacqueline Shoen 26 April , 2012
Islamists on Art
Culture & Social Affairs

Islamists on Art

[caption id="attachment_55231344" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Adel Imam accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Doha Tribeca…

Ati Metwaly 26 April , 2012
Baby Steps for Turkey and China
Politics

Baby Steps for Turkey and China

[caption id="attachment_55231281" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao;…

Nima Khorrami Assl 25 April , 2012
WWII's Explosive Legacy
Politics

WWII's Explosive Legacy

[caption id="attachment_55231264" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill pays a visit to the El…

Alastair Beach 24 April , 2012
The Gulf and the Arab Spring
Politics

The Gulf and the Arab Spring

[caption id="attachment_55231201" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal "][/caption] …

Mohamed Al-Rumaihi 21 April , 2012
The Compromise Candidate
Politics

The Compromise Candidate

[caption id="attachment_55231186" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Amr Moussa"][/caption] The competition to be president of Egypt now looks…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 20 April , 2012
Understanding Dictators
Politics

Understanding Dictators

[caption id="attachment_55231164" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Charlie Chaplin as 'The Great Dictator (1940)'"][/caption] Hosni…

Alex Edwards 19 April , 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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