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Despite initiatives which appear to be normalising Suria’s relations with Arab states, Damascus remains isolated and insecure.
The events of the past decade in the Middle East have upended the states in the region. What will the future hold?
The idea that western values are ‘Judeo-Christian’ has been co-opted by the radical right to advance their anti-Islamic agenda.
Why other Arab states may be cautious about following the Emirati lead and normalising relations with Israel.
Rejected by their countries but seen as outsiders in the West, queer and trans Muslims often live in limbo. The mental health costs of alienation can be severe, says a scholar of Islam and sexuality.
The Quran recognizes ‘no superiority of a white person over a black person.’ That notion, radical in 7th-century Arab society of slavery and tribal divides – remains unrealized 1,400 years later.
What’s been going on in Saudi Arabia?
Russia’s efforts to sow discord, discontent and chaos extend far beyond the US, including into leading media outlets in the Arab world.
A linguistics scholar explains why the loss of Arabic in Israel would be a loss of history, culture and possibly human rights.
We know how to prevent gender-based violence, and that we must respond to survivors’ needs. The challenge is in making it happen.
Laden with animals, conspiracy theories and apocalyptic visions, Muhammad Fanatil al-Hajaya’s poetry reflects how many Arabs – urban and rural, rich and poor – view the world.
It’s been assumed that most Arab countries are adamantly opposed to Iran’s regional rise and therefore not in favor of a nuclear deal. But is that really the case?
Hype over the absence of the Saudi king at US-Gulf Cooperation Council summit obscures the real issues facing the US and its Arab allies.
The Arab Spring began with a protest against police brutality. The dreams of those who took to the streets 4 years ago will not be realized until police forces change.
A specter continues to haunt the Arab world – the specter of regionalism. The idea that illogical national boundaries, drawn by colonial overlords divided what should have been a pan-Arab region has been…
People in Arab countries are now living longer with less disability, but face a rise in problems related to chronic illness such as heart disease, according to a new paper in The Lancet. With the exception…
The release of a Thomson Reuters poll on women’s rights in the Arab world has been greeted with incredulity by many in Egypt, the country that ranked at the very bottom. When polls such as this emerge…
The ongoing protests across Turkey, stretching from May 28, show there is ample evidence of a flourishing culture of democracy in the country. They also highlight a worrying counter trend. Last week, the…
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Professor, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Reader, International Politics of the Middle East, University of Warwick
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Director of Middle Eastern Initiatives and Professor of Global Health, University of Washington
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Director of the Social Research Center, American University in Cairo
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Professor of Islamic Studies and former Chairperson, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University
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Director, Arab Barometer, Princeton University
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PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature, Harvard University
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Director, Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World, Lebanese American University
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Assistant Professor, Arabic Studies, Linguistics, Michigan State University
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PhD Candidate, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of Arabic, George Mason University
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