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Abderrazaq Khatoun, rests with some of his 11 orphaned grandchildren, in an encampment in the village of Harbanoush, in the northern countryside of Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, on March 11, 2021.(Getty)
Politics

Syrian Farmer Lost Wife and Sons to War; Grandchildren Are His Solace

Abdel Razzak al-Khatoun was a well-to-do farmer in Syria's rural Hama province. Ten years after the civil war began, he is penniless, homeless and…

Khalil Ashawi 14 March , 2021
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Majalla 12 March , 2021
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Politics

Oprah Winfrey: The US Media Mogul

Oprah Winfrey made headlines this week after her explosive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan that reverberated across the world and raised…

Majalla 12 March , 2021
The artist Randa Ismail at her exhibition “Those Days” in El Bab-Selim Gallery, Museum of Egyptian Modern Art, Opera House, Cairo, Egypt. March, 6, 2021. (By Salma Adham)
Culture & Social Affairs

When the Pandemic Becomes a Chance for Creating Art!

In Cairo Opera House in the heart of Cairo, the artist Randa Ismail held an exhibition that ran from 23 February to 6 March2021.She said that all of…

Salma Adham 12 March , 2021
A weaver sitting at a loom, working knot-by-knot to duplicate the pattern printed on the paper in front of him, in al-Kattan Factory in Cairo, Egypt. (Supplied)
Culture & Social Affairs

The Egyptian Factory Throwing Down the Gauntlet to Persian Carpet Makers

The walls of this factory in the northeastern part of the Egyptian capital bespeak history as well as art. Sitting inside the rooms encompassed…

Amr Emam 12 March , 2021
Syrian Kurdish farmers harvest olives in a field in the Baadinli area, in the rebel-held northern sector of Syria's Aleppo province, near the border with Turkey, on November 10, 2020. (Getty)
Business & Economy

Ankara is Stealing Syrian Crops

As the current economic crisis mounts in Turkey, Syrian lands in the northern east and west territories controlled by Ankara are making up for the…

Jiwan Soz 12 March , 2021
In this photograph provided by Vatican Media, Pope Francis meets with Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Al-Husayni Al-Sistani on March 06, 2021 in Najaf, Iraq. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

The Pope, the Shia, and Iran

Many have reported and commented on the significance of Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq, mainly when Iran and the region is going through many shifts and…

Hanin Ghaddar 12 March , 2021
The Interreligious meeting in the Iraq city of Ur. (supplied)
Culture & Social Affairs

Pope’s Visit Offers New Perspective on Iraq

The recent historic visit by Pope Francis to Iraq has brought the name of Mesopotamia to top Arab and international headlines, but this time in the…

Madi Karayem 12 March , 2021
Dareli Matamoros, a girl from Honduras, holds a sign asking President Biden to let her in during a migrant demonstration demanding clearer United States migration policies, at San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on March 2, 2021. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

Will America Welcome Refugees and Asylum-seekers Once Again?

Former U.S. President Donald Trump presided over the most restrictive immigration and asylum regime in modern American history. In just four years,…

Sarah Pierce , Susan Fratzke 12 March , 2021
Protestors block roads with garbage containers and burning tyres during a demonstration due to the record depreciation of the local currency and the current economic crisis, at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon on March 3, 2021. (Getty)
Science & Technology

The Sting in COVID-19’s Tail

At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many feared that the disease would hit the world’s poorest countries the hardest—that cases would overwhelm…

Tarek Ghani 12 March , 2021
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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
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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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