Founded in 1981 by Gulf intellectuals from the region, the Gulf Development Forum was dedicated to tackling various issues that impact development…

The US dollar was the most common currency in foreign exchange reserves in 2020, comprising more than three times the amount of the euro in global…

“I’m so scared,” she said. “Please come. Come take me. Please, will you come?”Those were the words of a six-year-old Palestinian girl, Hind Rajab,…

In Midnight in Cairo (published in 2020), Raphael Cormack recounts the hardships and struggles of female artists in Cairo’s theatres, cabarets, and…

A hearing at the United States Supreme Court gripped the country in early February, as lawyers for Colorado were defending a decision there to…

More than four months into the war between Israel and Hamas, the human toll continues to mount in Gaza, and the opportunity costs for wider regional…

Global energy markets are currently disrupted by the supply difficulties caused by the high tensions in the Red Sea and the attacks on shipping by…

As global attention remains fixed on Israel's war on Gaza, a less-reported crisis is bubbling up at the other end of the Red Sea that could prove…

It was a single shot to the head that killed Mahmoud al-Zoubi, the prime minister of Syria from 1987 to 2000. Officially, he killed himself. Some…