For decades, mystery and thriller novels were routinely dismissed across the Arab world as vapid entertainment—works designed to distract rather than…

The conflict in Sudan continues unabated, with over 100,000 killed. Millions more are displaced and suffer from food insecurity and the collapse of…

Several countries in the Arabian Gulf and North Africa are emerging as some of the world’s biggest players in the rapidly expanding green hydrogen…

Alliances in the Middle East can no longer be viewed through the familiar lens of traditional conflicts or the ideological divides that shaped the…

In mid-January, Ali Shaath was appointed the leader of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG). A civil engineer, technocrat,…

In modern international diplomacy, few developments carry more weight than the quiet withdrawal of a superpower, which is unfolding as the United…

Data collected by the global internet monitoring organisation NetBlocks indicates that the internet blackout during the recent large anti-government…

At the end of November, Egyptian novelist and writer Salwa Bakr became the first laureate of the BRICS Literature Award, crowning a literary career…

Almost no one would shed a tear if Iran’s theocratic, autocratic regime were to fall following the nationwide January 2026 protests, but most are…