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Pursuing Happiness
Politics

Pursuing Happiness

[caption id="attachment_55250172" align="alignnone" width="620"] A sign reads "Respecting Hijab is mandatory in City Center," dictating Islamic dress…

Christian Emery 06 June , 2014
Why All This Hatred?
Politics

Why All This Hatred?

[caption id="attachment_55250069" align="alignnone" width="620"] Shi'ite clerics pray over the coffin of Al-Manar cameraman Mohammad Mantash, who was…

Nuri Kino 04 June , 2014
Modi’s Moment
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Modi’s Moment

[caption id="attachment_55250178" align="alignnone" width="620"] India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) gestures during his arrival at the…

Afshin Molavi 04 June , 2014
Politics

Fueling Yemen’s Black Market

[caption id="attachment_55250151" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemenis queue to fill their jerrycans with gasoline at a gas station in Sana'a,…

Catherine Shakdam 03 June , 2014
Cleaning House in Tehran
Politics

Cleaning House in Tehran

[caption id="attachment_55250159" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian investors watch the prices of shares at the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)…

Reza H. Akbari 03 June , 2014
Turkey's Kurdish Lifeline?
Business & Economy

Turkey's Kurdish Lifeline?

[caption id="attachment_55250121" align="alignnone" width="620"] A view of construction on the pipeline between Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey, taken in…

Yerevan Saeed 01 June , 2014
The Art of Egyptian Elections
Politics

The Art of Egyptian Elections

[caption id="attachment_55250135" align="alignnone" width="620"] UAE singer Hussein Al-Jasmi, performs during a show at the opening a new showroom…

Elizabeth Monier 01 June , 2014
Friendly Ties, Lost at Sea
Politics

Friendly Ties, Lost at Sea

[caption id="attachment_55250129" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Mavi Marmara approaches the southern Israeli port of Ashdod on May 31, 2010,…

Barçin Yinanç 31 May , 2014
Teaching Moroccans to Dance
Culture & Social Affairs

Teaching Moroccans to Dance

[caption id="attachment_55250704" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Hind Benali. (Alice Defour-Feronce)[/caption] “I get the feeling of [being] a…

Clarissa Pharr 29 May , 2014
Fixed Poll, Mixed Support
Politics

Fixed Poll, Mixed Support

[caption id="attachment_55250104" align="alignnone" width="620"] A young Syrian boy holds a poster of Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad during a pro…

Antonia Roupell 29 May , 2014
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18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

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The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

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An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
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Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

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Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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