Category: Middle East
An Israeli and a Palestinian Talk Peace
About Ali Abu Awwad and Ami Dar: Nonviolence activist Ali Abu Awwad works to establish…
Netanyahu, the Palestinians, and the Price of Neglect
Aluf Benn in Foreign Affairs: One bright day in April 1956, Moshe Dayan, the one-eyed…
The World’s First Author
Anna Della Subin at the LRB: The earliest known author was married to the moon….
Meet Israel’s First Lady, Sara Netanyahu
“Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister’s wife, closest adviser, and fiercest defender, is seen as a…
Why the War in Gaza Makes a ‘Nuclear’ Iran More Likely
“The Conflict Has Empowered Tehran—but Also Fueled Its Sense of Vulnerability“. Ali Vaez writes in…
Where is Balochistan and Why is it the Target of Iran and Pakistan Strikes?
Region is divided between three countries and has a long history of resistance against Pakistan…
Red Sea Burning
As Houthis target commercial shipping relentlessly, the message to the US and Israel is clear…
Arundhati Roy: On Palestinians, these are the languages of head of States, not of ordinary people (Video)
Arundhati Roy calls the siege of Gaza “a crime against humanity.” In a video address…
If Europe Could Do It, So Can the Middle East
Anne-Marie Slaughter at Project Syndicate: In 1951, just six years after World War II, Belgium,…
OPINION: Israel Is On Its Way To Becoming a Dictatorship
Usually when we think of a coup, we think of that kind. But there is…
COMMENTS: China Brokers Rapprochement Between Iran, Saudi Arabia
Mushtaq Siddiqui, intl. media veteran in ISB: The US has been checkmated and challenged in…
Rumi and the Clock of Shams Tabrizi
by Shadab Zeest Hashmi: A tree in the vicinity of Rumi’s tomb has me transfixed….