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Learning from Past Mistakes

Learning from Past Mistakes

[inset_left]The 2011 Libyan Uprisings and the Struggle for the Post-Qadhafi Future Edited by Jason Pack Palgrave Macmillan, 2013[/inset_left]Jason…

Noel Brehony 06 November , 2013
The Arabic Slur
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arabic Slur

[caption id="attachment_55246566" align="alignnone" width="620"] Lebanese Sheikh Hussein Zayat, a calligrapher copies out pages of the Muslim holy…

Malik al-Abdeh 05 November , 2013
Whose Temptation?
Politics

Whose Temptation?

“Enough with physical attraction! Why should I have to submit to all these restrictions because of it?” The French revolutionary activist Théroigne…

Abdullah Al-Rashid 05 November , 2013
The Kemalists' Veil of Tolerance
Culture & Social Affairs

The Kemalists' Veil of Tolerance

[caption id="attachment_55246534" align="alignnone" width="594"] Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party MP Nurcan Dalbudak (L) is greeted…

Nicholas Birch 04 November , 2013
The Myth of the Shi'a Crescent
Politics

The Myth of the Shi'a Crescent

[caption id="attachment_55246541" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iraqi youth checks a leather belt being made especially for the annual Shiite…

Laurence Louër 04 November , 2013
Fuel to Lebanon's Fire
Politics

Fuel to Lebanon's Fire

[caption id="attachment_55246492" align="alignnone" width="594"] Lebanese fire fighters extinguish a flame at the site of a car bomb in a southern…

Hussain Abdul-Hussain 04 November , 2013
Keeping Yemen's Lights On
Politics

Keeping Yemen's Lights On

[caption id="attachment_55246513" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni students study for final exams under candlelight amid disruption of…

Abubakr Al-Shamahi 04 November , 2013
Meeting In the Middle
Politics

Meeting In the Middle

[caption id="attachment_55246415" align="alignnone" width="620"] US president Barack Obama speaks alongside King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of…

Caryle Murphy 03 November , 2013
Constitution Conundrum
Politics

Constitution Conundrum

[caption id="attachment_55246489" align="alignnone" width="594"] Egypt's 50-member constitution-drafting committee at their first meeting in Cairo on…

Mahmud El-Shafey 03 November , 2013
Weak, but not without Hope
Politics

Weak, but not without Hope

[caption id="attachment_55246496" align="alignnone" width="620"] Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan (L) and the head of the General National Congress,…

Jason Pack and Haley Cook 01 November , 2013
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Pete Reynolds
Politics

Israel’s election may not end its political crisis

26, Oct 2026

With a complex election setup and the deep polarisation that has plagued Israel in recent years, expect prolonged political deadlock

Michael Horowitz
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Rwanda's Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva during a welcoming ceremony for participants of the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, Russia, on 28 October 2026. Igor Ivanko/REUTERS
Business & Economy

Russia-Africa summit: ambitions and challenges

29, Oct 2026

Amid competition for influence and resources, Russia knows that Africa is a market with potential. For African states, Russian companies are still of interest, but the value equation needs to change

Rana Freifer
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Politics

Lula defies Latin America’s pro-Trump wave

28, Oct 2026

Brazil's left-wing president won a historic fourth term in office

Catherine Osborn
Anne-Claire Legendre, the newly appointed president of the Institut du monde arabe, poses for a portrait at the institute’s headquarters in Paris, on 18 February, 2026 AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Anne-Claire Legendre’s vision for the Institut du monde arabe

29, Oct 2026

As the institute approaches its 40th anniversary, its president outlines a new vision for cultural collaboration between the Arab world and Europe

Elie Kossaifi
President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) greeting Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (R), in Tehran on 18 May 2025. Iranian Presidency / AFP
Politics

Afghanistan: Iran's strategic depth card in Central Asia

28, Oct 2026

Once nurtured by Pakistan, the Taliban now works closely with Iran, much to the delight of Russia and China

Kamal Alam

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