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Diversity Thrives at Abu Dhabi Film Festival
Culture & Social Affairs

Diversity Thrives at Abu Dhabi Film Festival

[caption id="attachment_55234938" align="alignnone" width="614"] Turkish actress Neslihan Atagül in a scene from “Araf/ Somewhere in Between.” …

Noam Schimmel 31 October , 2012
Saddam Hussein: Paranoid Narcissist?
Politics

Saddam Hussein: Paranoid Narcissist?

[caption id="attachment_55234924" align="alignnone" width="620"] Saddam Hussein on trial in 2006[/caption]It has been almost six years since the…

Bryan R. Gibson 31 October , 2012
Cumhuriyet
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Cumhuriyet

[caption id="attachment_55234917" align="alignnone" width="620"] Mustafa Kemal Atatürk[/caption]Cumhuriyet [djoom-hoo-ree-YET] n. Republic Monday,…

Nicholas Birch 30 October , 2012
The Cautious American President
Politics

The Cautious American President

[caption id="attachment_55234881" align="alignnone" width="620"] US President Barack Obama[/caption]At the end of his first term, President Obama’s…

Alex Edwards 29 October , 2012
Eye-Witness Account
Culture & Social Affairs

Eye-Witness Account

[caption id="attachment_55234856" align="alignnone" width="620"] Anti-Assad protesters in Syria[/caption] Stephen Starr spent several years in Syria…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 29 October , 2012
Inside Washington: Bruce Riedel
Politics

Inside Washington: Bruce Riedel

[caption id="attachment_55234829" align="alignnone" width="600"] Bruce Reidel[/caption] Bruce Riedel has served in the National Security Council …

Bryan R. Gibson 25 October , 2012
Art Shines a Light
Culture & Social Affairs

Art Shines a Light

[caption id="attachment_55234810" align="alignnone" width="600"] Tea and Coffee by Nadia Hamomud (credit: Nour Festival/Nadia Hammoud)[/caption…

Noam Schimmel 24 October , 2012
Learning from the Past
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Learning from the Past

[caption id="attachment_55234804" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Memorandum from the US National Security Council regarding a briefing for…

Bryan R. Gibson 24 October , 2012
Back Channel
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Back Channel

[caption id="attachment_55234774" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and US President Barack Obama. (credit:…

Bryan R. Gibson 22 October , 2012
Taking Sides
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Taking Sides

[caption id="attachment_55234760" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Front page of the embattled Turkish newspaper, Taraf, 22 October 2012.[/caption] …

Nicholas Birch 22 October , 2012
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A collage of Israel's policy of destruction and starvation in Gaza. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Unpacking Israel's decisive turn towards savagery

23 April 2026

Israel's gloves-off approach since 2023 didn't emerge out of the blue; it is deeply rooted in Zionist and Israeli military thought.

Majed Kayali
Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

26 April 2026

The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

Alex Vatanka
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

28 April 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.

Marco Mossad
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
Politics

Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services

Haid Haid
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arab women raising the bar in travel literature

28 April 2026

In recent years, travel writing has witnessed a striking revival, though along a different path, one now charted by Arab women's voices.

Ibrahim Adel

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