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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
Several factors have converged to make forest fires more intense, including global warming, deteriorating infrastructure, urban expansion, and misinformation. AFP

Informal Iranians

[caption id="attachment_55232857" align="alignnone" width="620"] This Is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (2011)[/caption] White Rabbit, Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour, a young…

Nicholas Blincoe

Secrets of the Arabian Horse

[caption id="attachment_55232772" align="alignnone" width="620"] Standard of Ur, southern Iraq, circa 2600-2400 BC[/caption] How many courtly poems have been written to the Arabian horse? How many…

Juliet Highet

Review: Where Do We Go Now?

[caption id="attachment_55232644" align="alignnone" width="600"] Nadine Labaki in Where Do We Go Now (2011)[/caption] The film is a tale of one unspecified Arab village—likely in Lebanon where the…

Noam Schimmel

A Message of Tolerance

[caption id="attachment_55232622" align="alignnone" width="597"] His Holiness the Dalai Lama[/caption] Speaking with warmth and candor at LSE on Wednesday, the Dalai Lama called for greater respect…

Noam Schimmel

Still Adoring the Idea

[caption id="attachment_55232497" align="alignnone" width="620"] Traditional Ottoman army band perform during the 559th anniversary of the capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire.[/caption] …

Vedica Kant

Who'd be a Woman in Egypt?

[caption id="attachment_55232465" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Egyptian demonstrators shout slogans against former President Hosni Mubarak and members of former regime in Cairo's…

Alastair Beach

Protests Threaten Egypt Elections

[caption id="attachment_55232399" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Policemen clash with anti-Mubarak protesters. Anti and pro-Hosni Mubarak protest react after announcement of former…

Alastair Beach

A World of Possibilities

[caption id="attachment_55232344" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Bibliotheca Alexandrina"][/caption] Bibliotheca Alexandrina will soon celebrate its tenth anniversary. The library offers a…

Noam Schimmel

Yesterday's Egypt

[caption id="attachment_55232318" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="The ghosts of the past haunt Egypt"][/caption] Shortages—of petrol, electricity, hard currency, patience—plague Egypt. But…

Stephen Glain
OPINIONS

Finding an effective strategy to combat Iran and its 'axis'

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Ibrahim Hamidi

Jordan’s reform drive needs to be better understood

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Okamoto’s passing is a reminder of a bygone age

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Trump saddles up to one ally and sours on another

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