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The Stain of War

The Stain of War

[caption id="attachment_55234630" align="alignnone" width="613"] Screenshot from The Repentant, Merzak Allouache (2012)[/caption] The Repentant is…

Noam Schimmel 16 October , 2012
More than "Economical with the Actualité”
Business & Economy

More than "Economical with the Actualité”

[caption id="attachment_55234614" align="aligncenter" width="620"] 15th February 1955: A twelve-year-old Sea Cadet trying out a new Sterling Sub…

Jenna Marangoni 15 October , 2012
Meet the man behind Egypt’s <em>A Clockwork Orange</em>
Culture & Social Affairs

Meet the man behind Egypt’s <em>A Clockwork Orange</em>

[caption id="attachment_55234587" align="aligncenter" width="640"] "The Machete", a new book from acclaimed Egyptian author Ahmed Towfik, is released…

Alastair Beach 12 October , 2012
A First Taste of Arabic Literature
Culture & Social Affairs

A First Taste of Arabic Literature

[caption id="attachment_55234568" align="aligncenter" width="620"] One of the oldest stories in the collection, "House of Flesh" by Yusuf Idris,…

Noam Schimmel 12 October , 2012
Citizen Journalist

Citizen Journalist

[caption id="attachment_55234548" align="alignnone" width="620"] Screenshot from 5 Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi[/caption] The tiny…

Nicholas Blincoe 11 October , 2012
Malazgirt
Culture & Social Affairs

Malazgirt

[caption id="attachment_55234529" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Battle of Manzikert[/caption] Malazgirt [MA-laz-geert] n. (place name)…

Nicholas Birch 11 October , 2012
Big Dreams for Iraqi Oil
Business & Economy

Big Dreams for Iraqi Oil

[caption id="attachment_55234515" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iraqi oil worker works at Al-Doura oil refinery [/caption]Iraq could become the…

Jenna Marangoni 10 October , 2012
The Turnaround Specialist
Politics

The Turnaround Specialist

[caption id="attachment_55234500" align="alignnone" width="620"] US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney[/caption]Opening his speech on…

Stephen Glain 10 October , 2012
Questioning Complicity
Politics

Questioning Complicity

[caption id="attachment_55234492" align="alignnone" width="545"] Abdel Karim Qassem with delegates to an Afro–Asian solidarity meeting in Baghdad.[…

Bryan R. Gibson 09 October , 2012
Cooking Up Jerusalem's History

Cooking Up Jerusalem's History

[caption id="attachment_55234456" align="alignnone" width="540"] Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi[/caption] Jerusalem is a beautiful, inspiring work,…

Noam Schimmel 09 October , 2012
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Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

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Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
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Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

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Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

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Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

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French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
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A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

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French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

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