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Europe’s high-stakes gamble

Europe is faced with one of its most critical choices since the Russian attack on Ukraine. There are about €210 billion of Russian sovereign assets...

yesterday 30

Jasim Al-Azzawi

New antisemitism is Islamophobia’s new apparatus

As a Muslim scholar of Islamophobia, I know how hate can be intensified when my identity as a Muslim is only seen as associated with a monstrous...

previous day 20

Dr Sara Cheikh Husain

The three narratives: Gaza as the last moral frontier against Israel’s policy of annihilation

Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the...

previous day 30

Dr Ramzy Baroud

US power, Israeli settler colonialism, and the UN: The political economy of impunity

Breaking from most members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, the United States declined to condemn illegal Israeli settler violence in the...

previous day 10

Ranjan Solomon

Indonesia’s incremental re-engagement with Libya

A low-profile diplomatic meeting in Jakarta this month offered an instructive glimpse into how Indonesia is refining its engagement with North...

previous day 9

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The unmasking of an illusion: Britain’s reckoning and America’s last stand

The masks are off. Eight decades of American support to maintain the myth of a virtuous Israel have finally come crashing down. September 2025...

previous day 20

Jasim Al-Azzawi

Generalised jargon increases impunity of Israel’s genocide in Gaza

In a statement on Wednesday this week, Amnesty International issued a statement regarding the consequences of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and Storm...

thursday 40

Ramona Wadi

Secret Israeli pact ‘lies behind threat to dissidents and Gulf status quo’

Israel is behind a secret pact with the United Arab Emirates to destroy Saudi Arabia’s role as the Gulf’s regional powerbroker. The astonishing...

thursday 50

Yvonne Ridley

Green energy, old power: Who controls the energy transition in the MENA?

In Gaza, electricity shortages are not a technical inconvenience; they are a daily constraint on hospitals, water systems and basic dignity. Across...

thursday 30

Dr Kamran Yeganegi

British documents reveal King Abdullah’s “puzzling initiative” dreaming for Hashemite revival in Iraq ahead of invasion

The idea of offering Saddam Hussein exile to potentially avoid the 2003 invasion of Iraq originated with King Abdullah of Jordan, newly released...

thursday 60

Amer Sultan

Call it what it is: A genocide!

In the early morning of 8 October 2025, Israeli naval forces illegally intercepted our vessel Conscience in international waters, approximately 130...

thursday 30

Khurram Musti Khan

Argentine left-wing lawmakers swear allegiance to a “free Palestine” in Congress

Argentina’s swearing-in ceremony for newly elected members of Congress erupted into controversy last week when several left-wing lawmakers broke...

thursday 30

Eman Abusidu

Antisemitism in India: Unpacking an imported playbook

Does antisemitism grow in India? Are protests against genocide in Gaza actually an imported conspiracy of Muslims and the Left? And is the Hindu...

thursday 30

Rizwan Rahman

The UAE’s reverse trajectory: From riches to rags

One of the most enduring and widely quoted dialogues in Indian cinema is: “Do not throw stones at others’ houses when your own house is made of...

thursday 30

Dr Zakir Hussain

Libya: One of the most corrupt countries, yet still celebrates Anti-Corruption Day!

On 9 December, Libya’s Tripoli-based Government of National Unity marked International Anti-Corruption Day with a carefully staged event that...

thursday 40

Dr Mustafa Fetouri

From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East fault lines now run through American tech

In 1916, the Middle East was partitioned by its rulers with ink between Britain and France. A hundred years later, with borders drawn by the Sykes-...

17.12.2025 30

Jasim Al-Azzawi

Using the slain: Israel exploits the Bondi Beach shootings

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rarely passes an opportunity to comment upon the way Jews in other countries are treated. While the manic...

17.12.2025 40

Dr Binoy Kampmark

Gaddafi nostalgia isn’t a political movement

Libyans once used the phrase ‘reckless boy’ to describe anyone who loudly cheered Muammar Gaddafi at the height of his power. It was a popular...

17.12.2025 30

Karam Nama

Who gets to be a hostage? The language that legitimises Palestinian captivity

The answer lies deeply entangled within global biases in how violence and captivity are framed. Consider two seemingly similar terms: “hostage”...

17.12.2025 30

Jwan Zreiq

Bondi Beach attack: How Zionism manufactures insecurity while claiming to protect Jews

Following the Bondi Beach attack, the exact familiar pattern has emerged. Suddenly, Jews are living in a state of constant fear, antisemitism is...

17.12.2025 30

Aisya A. Zaharin

Three Americans killed in IS attack in Syria, fresh questions over US strategy

Last weekend, three Americans were killed in a deadly attack by an Islamic State (IS) gunman in central Syria, the US military confirmed, marking...

17.12.2025 30

Dr Musab Yousufi

Hamas at 38: The Resistance to erasure continues

The emergence of the Palestinian Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the course of the First Intifada, 38 years ago, must be understood within the...

17.12.2025 20

Sayid Marcos Tenório

The international community, Israel’s security narrative and the two-state paradigm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might project being vindicated after the recent mass shooting at Bondi Beach, which claimed the lives of...

16.12.2025 10

Ramona Wadi

How the Middle East became central to Indonesia’s new sovereign wealth fund

Indonesia’s newest sovereign wealth fund, announced its first overseas investment not in a financial capital, but in Mecca. Earlier this month,...

16.12.2025 10

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Netanyahu: I am the law, and Israel is Über alles. When leaders treat accountability as optional

When a leader insists on operating as though the rules did not apply to him, it isn’t simply an affront to a set of abstractions. It’s the...

16.12.2025 50

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Europe’s high-stakes gamble

Jasim Al-Azzawi

New antisemitism is Islamophobia’s new apparatus

Dr Sara Cheikh Husain

The three narratives: Gaza as the last moral frontier against Israel’s policy of annihilation

Dr Ramzy Baroud

US power, Israeli settler colonialism, and the UN: The political economy of impunity

Ranjan Solomon

Indonesia’s incremental re-engagement with Libya

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The unmasking of an illusion: Britain’s reckoning and America’s last stand

Jasim Al-Azzawi

Generalised jargon increases impunity of Israel’s genocide in Gaza

Ramona Wadi

Secret Israeli pact ‘lies behind threat to dissidents and Gulf status quo’

Yvonne Ridley

Green energy, old power: Who controls the energy transition in the MENA?

Dr Kamran Yeganegi

British documents reveal King Abdullah’s “puzzling initiative” dreaming for Hashemite revival in Iraq ahead of invasion

Amer Sultan

Call it what it is: A genocide!

Khurram Musti Khan

Argentine left-wing lawmakers swear allegiance to a “free Palestine” in Congress

Eman Abusidu

Antisemitism in India: Unpacking an imported playbook

Rizwan Rahman

The UAE’s reverse trajectory: From riches to rags

Dr Zakir Hussain

Libya: One of the most corrupt countries, yet still celebrates Anti-Corruption Day!

Dr Mustafa Fetouri

From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East fault lines now run through American tech

Jasim Al-Azzawi

Using the slain: Israel exploits the Bondi Beach shootings

Dr Binoy Kampmark

Gaddafi nostalgia isn’t a political movement

Karam Nama

Who gets to be a hostage? The language that legitimises Palestinian captivity

Jwan Zreiq

Bondi Beach attack: How Zionism manufactures insecurity while claiming to protect Jews

Aisya A. Zaharin

Three Americans killed in IS attack in Syria, fresh questions over US strategy

Dr Musab Yousufi

Hamas at 38: The Resistance to erasure continues

Sayid Marcos Tenório

The international community, Israel’s security narrative and the two-state paradigm

Ramona Wadi

How the Middle East became central to Indonesia’s new sovereign wealth fund

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Netanyahu: I am the law, and Israel is Über alles. When leaders treat accountability as optional

Jasim Al-Azzawi