Category: Middle East

Dubai’s Freak Rain

Don’t blame it on cloud seeding – the storm was far too big to be…

Is the Gaza war Tearing US University Campuses Apart?

Joel Mathis, at The Week: Campus unrest over the war in Gaza “has reached a…

Yuval Noah Harari: From Gaza to Iran, the Netanyahu Govt Is Endangering Israel’s Survival

Yuval Noah Harari in Haaretz: In the coming days Israel will have to make historic…

The Israel-India Worker Deal Resembles British Indenture

Michelle Buckley, Paula Chakravartty in Boston Review: In December, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received…

A Beginner’s Guide to a Joyful Persian Tradition of Spring Renewal and Rebirth

Directed by Naghmeh Pour & produced by Sara Samsøe Moghaddas at Aeon: Coinciding with the…

A New Forein Policy Era Dawns

William Kristol and Andrew Egger at The Bulwark: All around us, there are indications—I’m tempted,…

An AI Deal as a Diplomatic Weapon

A relatively small deal — by Microsoft’s standards, anyway — is leading to big geopolitical…

Israel-Iran Conflict: High Chances of War

Did Iran destroy Israel’s largest Air Base? Big confession by Israel? Some talking points on…

The New World (Dis)order

Irshad Salim, Karachi: Back in the summer of 2020, I drew an illustration on a…

Habsora: Israel Military AI System “a Mass Assassination Factory”

A recent report claims another system called Where’s Daddy? monitors targets and alerts the military…

Is it Time to End Arms Sales to Israel?

Today’s Big Question from The Week: America’s longtime military support for Israel is suddenly in…

Editorial Cartoons on GAZA War

Editorial cartoons on war in Gaza from news organizations. Here are six of them selected…