French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Beijing on 5 April for a rare visit to the rising hegemon, as he struggles to curb angry protests at home…

I have three books by or about the late Syrian poet Muhammad al-Maghout. I stumbled upon them when I spent another night in the seemingly endless…

Those who suffer from the repercussions of war and severe conflict, certainly do not need any problems added to their plate. But after the 6 February…

In 2016, Egyptian movie director Eman El Naggar wrote and directed the film ‘Suicidal Notions.’ Six years later, in 2021, another Egyptian filmmaker…

This week, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)…

The agreement of the resumption of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran after Chinese mediation calls for an analysis and anticipation…

If my father hadn’t studied Arabic, I might never have become acquainted with this beautiful language. The elegant Arabic script in one of his…

About 170 km north-east of Medina lies Khaybar Fort, also known as Marhab Fort, since it bears the name Marhab bin Al-Harith, the Jewish Knight of…

Through almost 18 years in a senior leadership position in British local government, I’ve seen a lot of change.During the 2000s, local government was…

For die-hard supporters of Scottish independence, the election of Humza Yousaf as the new leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) should be a…