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The Middle East is Once Again West Asia

The Middle East is Once Again West Asia

Ambassador Chas Freeman on the dynamism of West Asia and the west's failing geopolitical grip on "the greater...

AUGUST 14, 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

Former ambassador Chas Freeman, Jr. argues that we have entered a new era in which players are shifting...

MAY 29, 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
Yogurt, Surveillance and Book Covers

Yogurt, Surveillance and Book Covers

Malu Halasa finds unexpected tastes, pleasures and upsets at the 2023 London Book Fair.

MAY 1, 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Conflict and Freedom in Palestine, a Trip Down Memory Lane

Conflict and Freedom in Palestine, a Trip Down Memory Lane

Saudi American novelist Eman Quotah reminisces on a university peace studies class that traveled to Israel/Palestine.

DECEMBER 15, 2022 • By Eman Quotah
Attack on Salman Rushdie is Shocking Tip of the Iceberg

Attack on Salman Rushdie is Shocking Tip of the Iceberg

An attack on one writer anywhere is an attack on freedom of expression everywhere.

AUGUST 15, 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Music in the Middle East: Business can’t Buy Authenticity

Music in the Middle East: Business can’t Buy Authenticity

180,000 electronic music aficionados attended the SOUNDSTORM festival in Riyadh this month, but as columnist Melissa Chemam writes,...

DECEMBER 20, 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Hayy Jameel — Jeddah’s Sparkling New Center for the Arts

Hayy Jameel — Jeddah’s Sparkling New Center for the Arts

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is home to a major new arts and cultural center, opening to the public on...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By
Traveling in Contentious Spaces — Saudi Arabia

Traveling in Contentious Spaces — Saudi Arabia

When friends in Abu Dhabi asked Deborah Williams how she could support MBS by going to “his” festival,...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By Deborah Williams
The Promotion (a short story from Saudi Arabia)

The Promotion (a short story from Saudi Arabia)

What happens when an immigrant professor dresses to impress in a bid to land tenure at a Saudi...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By Claire Berlinski
The Murals of Yemen’s Haifa Subay

The Murals of Yemen’s Haifa Subay

Yemen street artist, activist and mother Haifa Subay speaks to Farah Abdessamad about the state of the country...

MAY 14, 2021 • By Danielle Haque
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