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Wheeling and Dealing Ottoman Stools
Culture & Social Affairs

Wheeling and Dealing Ottoman Stools

[caption id="attachment_55250094" align="alignnone" width="620"] One of Hala Smadi's Ottoman-style stools. (Courtesy of Wheels by Hala Smadi)[…

Tafline Laylin 27 May , 2014
Today’s Friends, Tomorrow’s Enemies?
Politics

Today’s Friends, Tomorrow’s Enemies?

[caption id="attachment_55250090" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian National Defense forces who just finished training, stand to attention at…

James Denselow 27 May , 2014
Arab short films showcased in Beirut
Culture & Social Affairs

Arab short films showcased in Beirut

[caption id="attachment_55250075" align="alignnone" width="620"] A still from Ghina Abboud's short film "Batoul...Do you see me?" (Courtesy of Nadi…

Antonia Roupell 25 May , 2014
Rallying around the General
Politics

Rallying around the General

[caption id="attachment_55250061" align="alignnone" width="620"] Libya Special Forces Commander Colonel Wanis Abu Khamada (L2) announces that his…

Tasbeeh Herwees 24 May , 2014
Juggling East and West
Politics

Juggling East and West

[caption id="attachment_55250056" align="alignnone" width="618"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a press conference at the Conference on…

Alex Vatanka 23 May , 2014
Bigger is Better
Politics

Bigger is Better

[caption id="attachment_55250034" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iranian boy stands among Shi'ite Muslim worshipers attending the weekly Friday…

Arash Aramesh 22 May , 2014
Tatbi' in the New Tunisia
Politics

Tatbi' in the New Tunisia

[caption id="attachment_55250023" align="alignnone" width="620"] Jewish pilgrims from Tunisia, Europe and Israel perform the annual pilgrimage to the…

Youssef Cherif 21 May , 2014
Approaching the Finishing Line
Politics

Approaching the Finishing Line

[caption id="attachment_55249990" align="alignnone" width="620"] Abbas Araqchi (C), Iran's chief nuclear negotiator arrives at the Austria Center…

David Patrikarakos 19 May , 2014
Shaking Off Donor Fatigue
Culture & Social Affairs

Shaking Off Donor Fatigue

[caption id="attachment_55249980" align="alignnone" width="620"] A pedestrian walks past a poster appealing for aid donations for Syrian refugees by…

Emma Pearson and Katie Welsford 18 May , 2014
Abandoned Underground
Politics

Abandoned Underground

[caption id="attachment_55249973" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man kisses his son, who was rescued from Soma coal mine after an explosion inside…

Ahu Özyurt 16 May , 2014
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The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

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

Steve Hewitt
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Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
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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
Politics

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

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

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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