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Lebanese artist Maral Dir Bogosian on capturing Beirut's essence Supplied
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Lebanese artist Maral Dir Bogosian on capturing Beirut's essence

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 17 September 2025
Butterfly effect: can the Palestine protest movement turn the tide? Lina Jaradat
Politics

Butterfly effect: can the Palestine protest movement turn the tide?

Bryn Haworth 16 September 2025
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses representatives and dignitaries of Syrian communities during the National Dialogue Conference called for by the country's new authorities in Damascus on February 25, 2025. AFP

I attended Syria's National Dialogue. These are my impressions.

The conference marked a significant step in Syria's long and arduous journey toward rebuilding a devastated country

Sami Moubayed 27 February 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sign a strategic partnership treaty during a ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 17, 2025. Evgenia Novozhenina / AFP

Can Russia truly protect Iran?

Tehran would be wise not to bank on Moscow coming to its defence

Majid Rafizadeh 26 February 2025
Former Tunisian Minister of Finance, Siham Al-Boughdiri Namsia, presents the state’s general budget for 2022, Tunisia, December 28, 2021.
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Tunisia's 'IMF shadow' disappears with Nemsia's sacking

The unexplained dismissal of the finance minister leaves more questions than answers as the highly indebted country seeks to avoid a 2025 default

Kawthar Zantour 26 February 2025
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa addressing representatives and dignitaries of Syrian communities during the National Dialogue Conference called for by the country's new authorities in Damascus on February 25, 2025. AFP

Syria’s transition takes its first baby step

The National Dialogue Conference is the first step in the chosen transition model to take the country from revolution to elections and a new constitution

Radwan Ziadeh 25 February 2025
The sun sets behind burning gas flares at a power plant. AFP

Power politics: Syria and the rise of electricity diplomacy

As Syria grapples with severe electricity shortages, recent power-purchase deals show how power is becoming a tool for diplomacy and could bring about a regional electricity exchange market

Jessica Obeid 23 February 2025
A woman walks past the wreckage of a car on a street in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP

2025 could be a defining year for the West Bank

An emboldened settler movement drunk on the prospect of Trump recognising Israel's control there and an increasingly weakened Palestinian Authority make for a dangerous combination

Michael Horowitz 23 February 2025
Members of the Egyptian Special Forces during their deployment at the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip in Rafah, October 20, 2023. AFP

Competing visions for the Middle East ahead of Cairo Summit

Israel, Türkiye, and Iran all have a plan for the region. Arab leaders met in Riyadh to come up with their own. Meanwhile, Trump walks back his plan for Gaza, saying he 'won't force it'.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 22 February 2025
Former US government official Jared Kushner, married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, stands behind Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

Far from spontaneous, Trump’s plan for Gaza has been plotted

Months before the US president stood on a podium alongside Benjamin Netanyahu and shocked the world, a research paper covered the details of the rebuilding and administration of Gaza

Omar Ayyoubi 22 February 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025. SPA/AFP

Trump breaks the ice with Russia, leaving Europe in the cold

In just a few short weeks, the US president has rolled out the diplomatic red carpet to Moscow and dumped Ukraine and Brussels. Putin now knows he need not concede anything.

Omer Onhon 20 February 2025
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Trump's game of hardball with Iran

The US might threaten Iran with Israeli strikes in order to get it to come to the table, but Trump prefers a deal with Tehran

Arash Azizi 20 February 2025
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Trump's visit tests 'special' US-UK relationship

16 September 2025

Despite Trump's often hostile engagement with traditional US allies, Starmer has trodden a careful path to keep him on side. But is this sustainable?

Christopher Phillips
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
Armed men from the MSA, an armed political movement in Mali's Azawad region, gather in the desert outside Menaka on March 14, 2020. AFP
Politics

The Sahel's paramilitary problem

09 September 2025

Armed groups are being formed in places like Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, where state militaries cannot defeat jihadists and separatists alone. Once formed, however, they seldom stay loyal.

Sergey Eledinov
Egyptian writer May Telmissany poses during a portrait session held on April 15, 2014, in Paris, France. Ulf Andersen/Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

May Telmissany: writing is an act of resistance against the ugliness of the world

14 September 2025

The acclaimed Egyptian writer talks love, betrayal, autobiography, and the lack of Arab literary identity

El-Sayed Hussein
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Butterfly effect: can the Palestine protest movement turn the tide?

14 September 2025

For nearly two years, protests around the world calling for an end to Israel's war on Gaza haven't fizzled out, but grown. Their geographic reach and longevity appear to have no precedent in history.

Bryn Haworth

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