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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
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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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Once a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, it is now being used by different groups to advance their own grievances and agendas

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