Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.
1. Early Life and Education
Nabil Karoui was born on August 1, 1963, in Bizerte, Tunisia. His father was a simple working-class man and his mother was a housewife. He started his…
On August 5, 1952, a car came to pick up Sameera Moussa in Berkely, California. The driver opened the door for the world-renowned scientist, who was the first-ever female Egyptian nuclear scientist…
1. Early Life and Education:
Asmaa Mohamed Abd Allah was born in Khartoum, Sudan in 1946. She graduated from the University of Khartoum in 1971, majoring in Economics and Political…
Last month,Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s right-wing populist Lega party, attempted a Machiavellian power move. Hoping to take advantage of his soaring popularity, he brought down his own…
China’s economic strategy is no secret. In the short term,Beijingwill grow the country’s economy by manufacturing and exporting cheap, globally competitive goods. Over the longer term, it will build…
In less than three years,U.S.PresidentDonald Trumphas had three wildly different national security advisers: a campaign aide with a checkered past, a respected general, and an ideologue with strong…
The second round of Tunisia’s presidential election will be a choice of two political outsiders after they topped the first round of voting on Sunday: Kais Saied, an independent candidate and a law…
An apparent Iranian attack on Saudi oil facilities has escalated tensions in the Gulf to new heights. American officials swiftly dismissed Houthi claims of responsibility and pointed an accusing…
Carrie Lam, a Roman Catholic, was born in Hong Kong and comes from a working class background. 1982, as a civil servant, the Hong Kong government funded her one year-diploma course at…
TheHoly Seeandthe United Statesonce had a close partnership. UnderU.S.PresidentRonald Reagan, for instance, the CIA provided regular briefings toPope John Paul II, asthe Vaticancoordinated…
Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players
The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.
Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.