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People gather following the sinking of a migrant boat, that according to Lebanese and Syrian officials sank off at Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon, at the Lebanese-Syrian border crossing in Arida, Lebanon September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Families Mourn As At Least 71 Die On Lebanon Migrant Boat

At least 71 people died when the migrant boat they aboard sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week, the Lebanese transport minister said, as search operations continued…

23 September 2022
Shahana Hanif, the first Bangladeshi American and American Muslim woman elected to the New York City Council.

American Arabs and Muslims Make History in U.S. Local Elections

The New York Times wrote about “the first Muslim woman elected to the [New York City] Council in its history, despite the fact that the city is home to an estimated 769,000 Muslims.” The Detroit News…

Mohammad Ali Salih 12 November 2021
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A Bosnian Genocide Survivor Issues a Wake-up Call

In 1992, Amra was a teenager in Bihac, Bosnia, just before the start of the Serbian military invasion of Bosnia. She didn’t know what was going to happen when her Serbian best friend told her at…

Mohammad Ali Salih 09 July 2021
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The Hormuz Strait: a vital oil lifeline to the world

17 March 2026

Geography, energy, history, and power converge in the most consequential chokepoint of the global economy

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The US-Iran war is mainly good news for Russia

19 March 2026

Rising oil prices will boost the Kremlin's coffers as costs over Ukraine mount, but a total defeat of Iran could lead to the deployment of radar stations in the north, near Russia's border

Anton Mardasov
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Business & Economy

The skyrocketing cost of Epic Fury

19 March 2026

From military spending to energy markets, the US-Israeli war on Iran is driving rising costs, with the Strait of Hormuz emerging as a central pressure point

Thuraya Shahin
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Politics

US public opinion is decisively shifting against Israel

20 March 2026

Until fairly recently, most Americans sided with Israel. These days, most side with the Palestinians. That will eventually influence US foreign policy.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
A Palestinian volunteer works to rescue and restore damaged books and manuscripts inside the library of the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City, on 26 February 2026.
 OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Cultural genocide: Israel's war on Palestinian memory

21 March 2026

By making Gaza unrecognisable, Israel aimed to sever an indigenous people from any physical or emotional connection to their homeland

Atef Abu Seif

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