Education: the missing pillar in the US–Saudi partnership

The next generation of Saudis and Americans should meet not only in air bases, boardrooms, stadiums, and embassies—but in classrooms and dormitories in both the United States and Saudi Arabia.

Daniel Benaim

Unmerited

About 25 years ago, I spent a memorable afternoon in London with Michael Young, the author of the strange 1958 dystopian novel in the form of a dissertation calledThe Rise of the Meritocracy, which…

Nicholas Lemann

Lionel Messi: A Record-Breaking Career

Lionel Messi was born to Jorge Messi and Celia Cuccittini in Rosario, Argentina. His father was a factory steel worker and his mother was employed as a part-time cleaner. Messi started…

Al Majalla - London

Taylor Swift: America’s Unbeatable Pop Sweetheart

Born in 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Taylor Swift is country singer turned pop diva and a platinum-selling music superstar. Her grandmother had been a professional opera singer, and…

Al Majalla - London