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Outrage over interest charges and astronomical land prices have reverberated around Kuwait Shutterstock

Taming Kuwait’s personal real estate debt

Politically motivated cries of outrage over interest charges have reverberated around the country, but official data reveal a sober picture in a country that needs lending to diversify its economy.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 29 July 2024
Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq Mohamed Al-Halbousi chairs the session after parliament gives confidence vote to Cabinet led by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, in Baghdad, Iraq on October 27, 2022. Getty Images

How Iraq’s electoral law favours the political establishment

How the complex Sainte-Laguë method is used to count votes and why Iraqis say its unfair

Salam Zaidan 15 April 2023
A protester ducks next to a fire during a demonstration after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote. AFP

Leaving Paris in flames, an embattled Macron heads to Beijing

France is currently experiencing a crisis over proposed pension system reforms, which has led to escalating protests and a breakdown in communication between the government and unions

Khattar Abu Diab 01 April 2023
While national politics gets all the media coverage and limelight, it is often the most local issues that have an impact on the lives of those we serve. Luke Brookes

Power to the people: How municipalities are affecting change

While national politics gets all the media coverage and limelight, it is often the most local issues that have an impact on the lives of those we serve

Bassam Mahfouz 30 March 2023
 A Rohingya refugee woman with her baby in front of her temporary house after a massive fire broke out two days ago destroyed thousands of shelters and fifteen people died at Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Getty)

Myanmar Shadow Government Pledges Citizenship for Rohingya

In a move designed to burnish its claims to international support and recognition, Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government (NUG) has promised to grant the country’s beleaguered Rohingya…

Sebastian Strangio 07 June 2021
Outgoing head of the council Fayez Al-Sarraj (C), Mohammad Menfi (L), the new president of the Libyan Presidential Council, and Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (R), the head of the National Unity Government attend the transition of power ceremony in Tripoli, Libya on March 16, 2021. (Getty)

Libyans Hope for Democracy, Stability and Peace

Under the new government which obtained parliament’s confidence a few days ago, the Libyan people are longing for the permanent stability, peace and democracy that was lost since the ouster of…

Hatem Khedr 19 March 2021
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Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

26 April 2026

The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

Alex Vatanka
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Netanyahu's Iran victory claim falls on deaf ears in Israel

29 April 2026

Many Israelis actually believe that they lost the war, with opposition leader Yair Lapid accusing the Israeli premier of having led the country into "strategic collapse and diplomatic catastrophe"

Asaad Ghanem
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

28 April 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.

Marco Mossad
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
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Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services

Haid Haid
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arab women raising the bar in travel literature

28 April 2026

In recent years, travel writing has witnessed a striking revival, though along a different path, one now charted by Arab women's voices.

Ibrahim Adel

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