Middle East
On Football, Opium and Popular Resistance: Not All Sports Are Created EqualÂ
RAMZY BAROUD
MY friend is not an elitist. To the contrary, he has spent decades of his life fighting social inequality, racism and championing the...
Lions’ Den is Not a Fleeting Phenomenon: On Palestine’s Looming Armed Revolt
RAMZY BAROUD
JUST when Israel, and even some Palestinians, began talking about the Lions’ Den phenomenon in the past tense, a large number of...
Israel’s Far-right Government Removes the Mask that Enabled Western Complacency
The extreme right in Israel is much more extremist than the right in Europe, and perhaps even than in the US
Gideon Levy
TO the onlooker, Israel is...
FIFA World Cup: Business, Fun, and Political Victory for Arab world
DUBAI -Â Now that the FIFA World Cup has reached its final phase, four teams are ready to go ahead for the ultimate gory. From...
China Calls for Oil Trade in Yuan at Middle East Summit
RIYADH -- President Xi Jinping told Gulf Arab leaders on Friday that China would work to buy oil and gas in yuan, a move...