Just as in many other parts of the world, football commands an interest and a passion in Arab societies that is rarely rivalled by alternatives. This…

US President Donald Trump has re-entered the Nile dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia at a time when the conflict has fundamentally changed. The…

Greek researcher Irene Theodoropoulou calls Qatar 2022 “the Ghutra World Cup,” showing how the ghutra and agal—the traditional male headwear of the…

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani’s visit to Lebanon has concluded, but its effects are likely to endure for some time. It was his second…

In recent years, the climate phenomenon known as El Niño has moved beyond the confines of meteorological centres and into the calculations of…

These are interesting times for left-wing politics in the United States. The Democratic Party’s ageing centre-left establishment figures are still…

After a ‘framework agreement’ was signed between Lebanon and Israel in Washington on 26 June, attention has shifted to its implementation. Sponsored…

In a musical landscape largely governed by two tendencies—an openness to fusion and collaboration or a retreat into tradition and conservatism…

Libya has long been known for its oil. Since the first oil fields were discovered in the late 1950s, this “black gold” has underpinned the country’s…