[caption id="attachment_55228839" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Muslim women in Cairo walk the streets"][/caption] Reporters are forever on the hunt for “real people” in their quest to…

[caption id="attachment_55228761" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Eve Arnold. 1912 - 2012"][/caption] The art world mourns an exceptional loss today as it is announced that world-renowned…

The Road to Tahrir Square: Egypt and the United States from the Rise of Nasser to the Fall of Mubarak Lloyd C. Gardner The New Press 2011 The Road to Tahrir Square offers a condensed account of…

[caption id="attachment_552284" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Osman Yousefzada (Alex Beattie)"][/caption] “I had quite a conservative upbringing, so I just went wild, before deciding I’d…

[caption id="attachment_55228262" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Dubai hosts its annual film festival"][/caption] Launched in 2004, the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has grown…

The Struggle for Power in Syria: Politics and Society under Asad and the Baath Party. Nokalaos van Dam I.B. Taurus 2011 This book, now in its fourth volume, is a thorough and highly informative…

      [caption id="attachment_55227975" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Emerging Arab Voices edited by Peter Clarke"][/caption]   Emerging Arab Voices offers highly original writing…

The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World Daniel Yergin Allen Lane, 2011 The Quest by Daniel Yergin is a magisterial account of the complex evolution of energy…

[caption id="attachment_55227603" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Monir with her work, Tehran 1970s (Photos courtesy of The Third Line)"][/caption] Against the backdrop of the Second World…

Failing Oversight: Iraq’s Unchecked Government International Crisis Group Middle East Report N°113, 26 September 2011 Since 2008, the Iraqi state has appeared strengthened by the relatively…