With Iraq crippled by an ongoing sit-in at its parliament building in Baghdad, staged since late July by supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, the political paralysis r…
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Lebanon’s mid-May elections has put the country’s two rival Christian parties in competition as to who holds a parliamentary majority in the next four years, raising the quest…
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One of the last great Arab poets, Muzaffar al-Nawab, died in hospital in the United Arab Emirates on May 20 at the age of 88. His death marks the end of an era in contemporary…
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This month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced an ambitious plan to return one million Syrian refugees to a Turkish-supported enclave in northern Syria. Is it a…
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Saudi Arabia’s re-engagement in Lebanon, aimed at tipping the Sunni vote in favor of the anti-Hezbollah alliance, is in a face-off with other Sunni loyalties, including the bo…
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A soap opera broadcast across seven Arabic satellite channels during the month of Ramadan about Damascus’ 1920s cabaret life has stirred up a storm of condemnation. Set in Fre…
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