A description of the similarities between the former Yugoslavia and today's Iraq, together with a prescription for rebalancing Iraqi politics

Rustum Mahmud

Public intellectuals who finished college in the 1960s sacrificed much in seeking a better world, but they have been let down by unworthy successors

Abdulsalam Bin Abdulali

There is an emerging threat coming our way — an overconfident and knowledgeable co-worker that hides behind the protective guise of artificial intelligence

Ibrahim Hamidi

In the rubble of the earthquake, the regime in Damascus leaves its people cut off and without aid from routes it could open, exploiting a humanitarian crisis

Alia Mansour

As I was performing my daily ritual of re-arranging my chaotic library, I came across an astonishing book. The Third Eye, by Lobsang Rampa, is a…

Hashem Al Jahdali

The Palestinians hold countless heated and bitter debates about their conditions, choices, and destinies. This has been the case for about a hundred…

Majed Kayali

An honourable royal order was issued last year by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, to mark 22 February as…

Khalid al-Ghannami

Saudi Arabia — an Arab and regional power with considerable economic and political weight — comprises a wide geographical area, covering about 80% of…

Hassnaa Alqunaieer

If certain changes are implemented, the role of monetary policy will become more significant, just as it is in developed countries 

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi

Among the reasons that encouraged French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu to write two lectures titled “On Television”, which he later included in his…

Samer Abou Hawwach

By making it increasingly difficult for some nationalities to obtain visas, Europe is building 'mind walls' that not only keep people out but imprison society

Abdulsalam Bin Abdulali

Society and the characteristics of an era are constantly at odds. They are two sides of an equation whose constant friction drives "progress" or, say…

Houssam Itani