Four books that explain why the world is burning

Our ancestors managed the land with controlled fires that reduced the accumulation of dry wood and vegetation. Not doing so means we now have giant fuel stores. Sometimes, the old ways are the best

Osama Esber

US Missile Umbrella

[caption id="attachment_55233519" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A file photo of the Pentagon's THAAD anti-missile defense rocket[/caption]The US has a long-standing commitment to the Gulf States…

Political Editor: Majalla

Hurdles and other Obstacles

[caption id="attachment_55233408" align="alignnone" width="620"] Brigitte Lacombe: Sudan Running Team[/caption] Entering the exhibition Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport at Sotheby’s in London, I stop by…

Amy Assad

Romney, Culture, and the Middle East

[caption id="attachment_55233321" align="aligncenter" width="620"] US Repulican party presidential candidate Mitt Romney stands in front of a picture of the Jerusalem Old City walls at an event in…

Stephen Glain

Stories from Syria

[caption id="attachment_55233313" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Fear of Breathing [/caption] Rarely has theatre responded so swiftly to pressing current events as with the production of the play…

Noam Schimmel

A Life Cut Short

[caption id="attachment_55233236" align="alignnone" width="620"] Anthony Shadid[/caption] House of Stone is both memoir and meditation and a distinctive contribution to Arab-American literature and…

Noam Schimmel

Arab Summer in London

[caption id="attachment_55233189" align="alignnone" width="620"] Nermine Hammam Upekkha series[/caption] Art at the Mosaic Rooms A solo show of the Egyptian artist Nermine Hammam at the Mosaic…

Noam Schimmel

Notion of Freedom

[caption id="attachment_55233166" align="alignnone" width="620"] (Credit: Samir Sayegh)[/caption] Calligraphy has always been a part of the development of written language. Calligraphy by Muslim…

Ati Metwaly

Meeting Bahaa Taher

[caption id="attachment_55232938" align="alignnone" width="620"] Bahaa Taher[/caption] Bahaa Taher was born 1935, in Giza (Greater Cairo), to parents from the Karnak village in the Luxor governorate…

Ati Metwaly