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Politics

In Memoriam: Global Economist and Spiritual Guide Jennie Ilene Litvack

Rosh Hashanah is a special festival that celebrates Jewish New Year. It literally means 'head of the year' and it is a celebration of the creation of…

Majalla 06 September , 2021
The Egyptian head of the God Amun with features of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen. (Photo source: Christie’s)
Culture & Social Affairs

The Custody Battle Over King Tut

Egypt has asked Interpol to help track down a 3,000 sculpture of the famed boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun after it was sold in Christie’s in London…

Yasmine El Geressi 12 July , 2019
What to Expect From Israel's Election Re-Run
Politics

What to Expect From Israel's Election Re-Run

At the end of May, Prime MinisterBenjamin NetanyahushockedIsraelby calling for new national elections after he failed to form a…

Dahlia Scheindlin 12 July , 2019
A taxi drive in a Sudanese village. (Wikimedia Commons)
Culture & Social Affairs

Tayeb Salih’s Sudan

If there’s one thing that fascinated Tayeb Salih, it’s the impact of colonialism has had on Sudan and Sudanese society. Unlike many of his…

Ali El Shamy 12 July , 2019
How to Win Friends and Wage Jihad
Politics

How to Win Friends and Wage Jihad

In its 2018 National Defense Strategy, the Trump administration announced that “inter-state strategic competition, not terrorism,” is the United…

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Varsha Koduvayur 12 July , 2019
In the Firing Room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969, members of the launch team listen to congratulatory remarks by Vice President Spiro Agnew after the successful liftoff of Apollo 11. In the center of the photograph is JoAnn Morgan, the only woman engineer among scores of male counterparts. (NASA)
Science & Technology

The Women of the Space Race

Edith Gustan’s name appears in the fourth paragraph of a Seattle Times article from 1970, a skinny strip of text above a nearly full-page ad for…

Megan Burbank 12 July , 2019
Turkey’s Increasingly Overt Role in Libya’s Civil War
Politics

Turkey’s Increasingly Overt Role in Libya’s Civil War

It has been nearly a decade since Libya’s leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was deposed as a result of a popular uprising sparked by similar…

Yasmine El Geressi 12 July , 2019
Iran Goads West into Tightening Containment
Politics

Iran Goads West into Tightening Containment

Iran broke new ground this week by breaching the JCPOA’s limits on enriching uranium. In so doing, it inspired a backlash from the White House,…

Joseph Braude 12 July , 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Indonesian President Joko Widodo before a meeting at Hyderabad House on December 12, 2016 in New Delhi, India. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

Why Religious Tolerance Won in Indonesia but Lost in India

Asia’s two largest and most diverse democracies held national elections in recent weeks, and religious tolerance was on the ballot in both. Voters,…

Dan Slater and Maya Tudor 12 July , 2019
Von der Leyen and Lagarde’s Uphill Battle
Business & Economy

Von der Leyen and Lagarde’s Uphill Battle

Last May’s European parliamentary election was a reflection of the divisions threatening the stability of the European Union. The populist group…

Ali El Shamy 12 July , 2019
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An emboldened Iran could trigger an IS comeback

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Should the US and Israel fail in their war on Iran, Tehran would likely expand its regional influence at the expense of Sunni Arabs, who could potentially turn to extremist groups to fight back

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The Palestinian flag in France: from student activism to social unrest 

23, Oct 2026

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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Ukranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba listens to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General during the alliance's 75th anniversary at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on 4 April 2024. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
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Dmytro Kuleba on Trump’s drift towards Moscow

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