[escenic_image id="55133321"]With skullcaps on their heads, five students aged between 18 and 40 hunch over a text in Arabic. In front of them, legs…

[escenic_image id="55136516"]Inspired by a chance meeting with the Arabian explorer Wilfred Thesinger, Gardner went on to study Arabic and Islamic…

[escenic_image id="55132106"] An Iraq of Its Regions: Cornerstones of a Federal Democracy?  Reidar Visser and Gareth Stansfield C Hurst & Co…

[escenic_image id="55130508"] The intense diplomatic activity that is taking place at different levels in Washington, Paris, Tel Aviv, Riyadh,…

[escenic_image id="55129228"]Greek author Dimitris Nollas wrote Anyone’s Time, a novel charting the life and times of a clandestine anarchist cell in…

[escenic_image id="55129184"] Despite its reputation as a world-class destination for culture, Beirut’s art scene has been hindered by sociopolitical…

[escenic_image id="55128232"]As Turkey positions itself as a regional energy hub rather than a mere oil and gas conduit to Europe (as some in…

[escenic_image id="55122586"]The last US “combat” troops have now left Iraq and the American role in that country has changed from a military effort…

[escenic_image id="55122464"]Few diplomatic moves carry so much significance as the appointment by Kuwait and Iraq of their new ambassadors to…

[escenic_image id="55113191"] The Afghan Ministry of Mines recently announced the discovery of an oilfield with an estimated 1.8 billion barrels in…