Middle East
Saudi-Iran Ties on the Mend
It is expected that normalisation of ties between the two biggest Muslim nations may lead to greater regional stability, besides an increase in the...
On Football, Opium and Popular Resistance: Not All Sports Are Created Equal
RAMZY BAROUDMY 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 BAROUDJUST 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 USGideon LevyTO the onlooker, Israel is...
FIFA World Cup: Business, Fun, and Political Victory for Arab world
DUBAI - Now that the FIFA World Cup has reached its final phase, four teams are ready to go ahead for the ultimate gory. From...