The Arab collective memory has long associated Youssef Chahine with serious, conservative, intellectual, and political cinematography.Though true to…

July 2023 saw two significant developments in the global battle against climate change.Firstly, southern Europe sweltered in the kind of heatwave…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's began his tour of the Gulf with a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the start of last week. It…

The recent visit of the Italian Special Envoy to Syria, Stefano Ravagnan, has sparked significant interest and speculation. This trip to the capital,…

In a surreal scene in Russia, Belarusian President Lukashenko addressed Putin: “They are asking to go West, ask me for permission to go on a trip to…

Tunisia’s national finances are a major talking point in a country that has faced potential shortages of essential imports, as it struggles with a…

On 24 July 1920, 36-year-old war minister Yusuf al-Azma walked solemnly into the office of King Faisal I of Syria. This was just hours before the…

Given the many setbacks Russia has suffered in the year-and-a-half since it launched its so-called “special military operation” against Ukraine,…

Less than a year and a half before America’s 2024 presidential elections, the mood of the country remains oddly pessimistic, despite the country’s…