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Culture & Social Affairs

The problem with Picasso

A few years after the death of Pablo Picasso, a New York band called Modern Lovers wrote a sarcastic song about how some people tried to pick up…

Bryn Haworth 05 June , 2023
A circular economy offers a solution to the type of resurgence that is required if we are to move away from boom-and-bust economics, to a truly sustainable economic model. Luca D'Urbino
Business & Economy

World Environment Day 2023: How London is paving the way toward a circular future

50 years on from the first World Environment Day, the Côte D’Ivoire will host this half-century celebration. The theme is: “Circular Economy:…

Bassam Mahfouz 05 June , 2023
North African countries, especially Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, are experiencing a sharp decline in water resources which have fallen by 80% from their averages of the past three decades. Ewan White
Business & Economy

North Africa bears brunt of Mena climate change challenges

A long, dry, and hot summer accompanied by forest fires and floods; a short warm winter with sparse rainfall; and a fast-passing spring with little…

Mohamed Sharki 04 June , 2023
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser with Local Affairs Minister Abdel Latif Al-Baghdadi (L) and  Armed Forces commander-in-chief Abdel Hakim Amer (R) as they watch a military parade. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

The 1967 Naksa relived through the memoirs of Abdel Nasser’s top generals

In late May 1967, President Gamal Abdel Nasser summoned his top generals to a meeting, days before the outbreak of the Six-Day War. Many were members…

Sami Moubayed 04 June , 2023
Opinion

Power struggles stifle political life in the Middle East

The countries of the Middle East are grappling with the consequences of a long absence of a properly engaged form of politics in public national life…

Alia Mansour 04 June , 2023
The Kingdom’s move to boost industry has defied Covid to bring in billions of dollars in foreign investment and boosted an array of local start-ups to bring new meaning to the Made in Saudi brand Majalla
Business & Economy

Saudi industry goes global after reforms spark growth

A project to boost Saudi Arabia’s industrial sector has brought in almost $19bn in foreign direct investment for factories alone and has hundreds of…

Shujaa Albogmi 03 June , 2023
Opinion

OPEC’s defensive posture is no longer tenable

Some Western oil media outlets are reporting that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has banned the entry of some…

Faisal Faeq 03 June , 2023
When Alan Turing and Donald Bayley invented the Turing machine, little did they know it would bring forth the enormous leaps in AI we have borne witness to in the last few years Eduardo Ramon
Culture & Social Affairs

From Dreyfus to Kissinger: 10 books to help you make sense of AI

London: Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most exciting facets of technology and computing. In a nutshell, AI seeks to develop software and…

Ibrahim Qaadouni 03 June , 2023
Opinion

What makes a diamond valuable?

Where does value really come from? How much of it is held by the physical nature of an item, rather than what it represents, or symbolises?Finding an…

Houssam Itani 03 June , 2023
General view of central Damascus, Syria, September 15, 2018. Picture taken September 15, 2018. REUTERS Reuters
Politics

Can Europeans and Arabs find common ground to foster a meaningful dialogue in Syria?

Whereas Europeans were rather unamazed by the recent reintegration of Syria into the League of Arab States, others felt put on the spot. The new…

Daniel Gerlach 02 June , 2023
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Shaky Israel-Iran ceasefire points to unfinished business

24 June 2025

What Trump has dubbed the '12-Day War' could be just the opening salvo of a much longer conflict

Michael Horowitz
Emergency workers check the damage caused to a building from an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025. John Wessels / AFP
Business & Economy

Counting the cost of the Israel-Iran war

24 June 2025

The recent Israel-Iran war is not just a regional flashpoint; it is a mirror reflecting the fragility and interdependence of the modern global economy

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Attacks on Iran make a nuclear bomb more likely

20 June 2025

Iran's nuclear programme is damaged, but its determination is heightened

Eric Brewer
Opinion

Israeli and Iranian claims of victory ring hollow

25 June 2025

Netanyahu did not realise his goal of ending Iran's nuclear programme and regime change, and Iran stood alone in its war with Israel, as global and regional allies left it to fend for itself

Houssam Itani
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranians on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (portrait), in Tehran on June 4, 2025. KHAMENEI.IR / AFP
Profiles

Ali Khamenei: the guardian of Iran's strategic patience doctrine

21 June 2025

For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone

Arash Azizi

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