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Vintage engraving of Ruins of Luxor from the Nile in Ancient Egypt, 19th Century, by David Roberts. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

“From the Memory of Land and River”

“Don’t know much about history” goes the famous song and, to the new generation, it is more of a statement. It could be a coincidence or a choice,…

Amira el Noshokaty 12 June , 2021
Illustration by Ali Mandalawi
Culture & Social Affairs

Dua Lipa: An Exceptional English Singer of Kosovan Origin

British pop singer of Albanian origin Dua Lipa slammed a full-page advertisement published in the New York times last month, which accused her and…

Majalla 11 June , 2021
Europe
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Majalla 11 June , 2021
A Syrian man pays with Turkish lira at a gas station in the town of Sarmada in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, on June 15, 2020. (Getty)
Business & Economy

How Turkey Gains from Economic Takeover of Syrian Regions

Turkey has been forcing people for almost a year now to trade using its local currency in different Syrian regions that lie on its southern border…

Jiwan Soz 11 June , 2021
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) and US Vice President Joe Biden (2nd R), at that time, meet on March 10, 2011 with their delegations in Moscow. Putin on March 10 proposed to Biden that Russia and the United States abolish visas in a "historic" step to seal a revival in ties. (Getty)
Politics

When Biden Meets Putin

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who are scheduled to meet in Geneva on June 16, may know each other too well. They…

Michael Kimmage 11 June , 2021
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia. (Getty)
Politics

The Water Wars Defining Middle East Future

Armed conflicts are not new to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It is the only region in the world where people, on daily basis,…

Dalia Ziada 11 June , 2021
US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman meets with Sudanese Foreign Minister Maryam al-Sadeq al-Mahdi in Khartoum on May 7, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

Khartoum's GERD Fears and Hopes

As Ethiopia prepares to move forward with the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) mega-dam it is building on the Blue Nile,…

Khalid Saad Osman – Khartoum 11 June , 2021
Some anti-government protesters throw rocks at surrounding buildings during a protest against the power cuts, the high cost of living, and the low purchasing power of the Lebanese currency, outside of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) building in Beirut, Lebanon, on June 06, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

Hezbollah Confirms Iran’s Hegemony

In his most recent speech on Tuesday, Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah unambiguously said that he – and his Iranian sponsors – are the deciders of…

Hanin Ghaddar 11 June , 2021
(TNS)
Science & Technology

Big Food Wants Us Addicted to Junk Food

Robert Goldstein, a hedge fund manager in New York, was getting huge cravings for sweets when he came across a tropical plant called Gymnema…

Michael Moss 09 June , 2021
(TNS)
Science & Technology

Why We Need to Protect a Free Press Everywhere

Catching up with a friend over Zoom, I wondered recently what might have happened if China had come clean about the presence and origins of COVID-19…

Elizabeth Shackelford 08 June , 2021
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Politics

Why a cornered Iran is also a problem for China

02 May 2026

Even when appeals to open the Hormuz Strait come from a close ally like Beijing, they fall on deaf ears in Tehran. But hope is not yet lost.

Xiaotong Yang
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Global airfares soar amid ongoing US-Iran turmoil

04 May 2026

Airspace closures, rising fuel costs, shifting flight maps and delayed aircraft deliveries have repriced flights around the world, with some travel routes hit worse than others

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A man holds a flag featuring the late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and the new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran on 29 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Real Iran splits and the myth of division

04 May 2026

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka
A Lebanese guard stands in front of  Magen Abraham, the last Jewish synagogue in Lebanon at Wadi Abou Jmil, Beirut's former Jewish neighbourhood, in the war-devastated city centre. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

New book recalls Beirut’s once-vibrant Jewish quarter

01 May 2026

Veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad transports readers back to the time when Beirut's Jewish quarter, known at the time as Wadi al-Yahud, was thriving

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush
Turkish fighter jets fly over a warship in Kyrenia, in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AFP
Politics

How the Iran war changed Türkiye’s security calculus

05 May 2026

Ankara's national security priority is no longer Kurds or Gülenists, but Israel. Likewise, in Tel Aviv, Türkiye is increasingly seen as a future Israeli adversary. Both are preparing accordingly

Rustum Mahmud

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