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

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

New antisemitism is Islamophobia’s new apparatus

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Dr Sara Cheikh Husain

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...

yesterday 30

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...

yesterday 40

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...

yesterday 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...

yesterday 30

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...

yesterday 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...

yesterday 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...

yesterday 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...

yesterday 20

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...

yesterday 30

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-...

previous day 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...

previous day 30

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...

previous day 20

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”...

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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...

previous day 20

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...

previous day 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...

previous day 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...

tuesday 4

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,...

tuesday 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...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Bondi Beach attack: How the media smears pro-Palestine protests while erasing a Muslim hero

The media reaction to the attack on Jewish individuals at Bondi Beach has revealed far more about entrenched bias and selective outrage than about...

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Adnan Hmidan

When ruins are inconsiderately marketed as futures

The idea of turning Gaza into a Riviera has few open buyers today. It is too obscene, too exposed, too closely shadowed by mass death to be sold in...

15.12.2025 10

Ranjan Solomon

When silencing dissent backfires: How Western censorship fuels the very instability it claims to prevent

For decades the West has presented itself as the global guardian of free expression. Freedom of speech has not only been framed as a moral value...

15.12.2025 10

Peiman Salehi

In Gaza’s ruins, winter storms become a fight for survival

Winter has arrived in Gaza not as a change of season, but as a new and deadly phase of suffering. As heavy rains and freezing winds sweep across...

15.12.2025 40

Tasnim Nazeer

Big tech and the architecture of the Israeli genocide against Palestinians: From execution to media whitewashing

History is filled with examples of corporations fueling war machines and global colonisation. IBM supplied technology used in Nazi death camps;...

15.12.2025 40

Jamal Kanj

Iran’s shadow diplomacy: The art of winning without showing

As the conflict escalates between Israel and Iran to an unprecedented degree, with Iran and Israeli missiles clashing in June 2025, representing...

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

Jasim Al-Azzawi

New antisemitism is Islamophobia’s new apparatus

Dr Sara Cheikh Husain

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

Bondi Beach attack: How the media smears pro-Palestine protests while erasing a Muslim hero

Adnan Hmidan

When ruins are inconsiderately marketed as futures

Ranjan Solomon

When silencing dissent backfires: How Western censorship fuels the very instability it claims to prevent

Peiman Salehi

In Gaza’s ruins, winter storms become a fight for survival

Tasnim Nazeer

Big tech and the architecture of the Israeli genocide against Palestinians: From execution to media whitewashing

Jamal Kanj

Iran’s shadow diplomacy: The art of winning without showing

Jasim Al-Azzawi