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The US-Israel Attack on Iran Is a Wake-Up Call for the Gulf

The US-Israel Attack on Iran Is a Wake-Up Call for the Gulf

Why the US-Israel Intelligence Campaign Matters Even More Than Bombs Falling on Iran

Why the US-Israel Intelligence Campaign Matters Even More Than Bombs Falling on Iran

Iran Strikes Back at the Gulf as the US Pursues a Regime Change It Cannot Force

Iran Strikes Back at the Gulf as the US Pursues a Regime Change It Cannot Force

The new round of attacks on Iran by the United States embodies a paradox. It is the highest-stakes campaign at least since Israel’s targeting of high-level Iranian and Hezbollah officials…

War, Emigration and the Search for Love in Lebanon

Not So Many Fish in the Sea

Madeline Edwards

Iran Is Not on the Brink of Revolution, It Has Entered a Long Decline

Iran Is Not on the Brink of Revolution

Menahem Merhavy

Saudi Arabia’s Coffee Renaissance

Cardamom and Flat Whites

Secret Marriages and Serial Divorce in Mauritania

Divorced, Desired and Devout

The Politics of Wildlife Protection

Deciding Which Species Live or Die

Life Returns to Aleppo’s Old Town

Reviving Aleppo’s Old Town

Jahan de Bellaigue

Podcasts

Trump Comes to Africa

Trump Comes to Africa

The Invisible Lines That Divided South Asia

The Invisible Lines That Divided South Asia

How Defiance Began at Home in Assad’s Syria

How Defiance Began at Home in Assad’s Syria

Editors' Picks

Life Returns to Aleppo’s Old Town

Life Returns to Aleppo’s Old Town

Jahan de Bellaigue

The Mushroom Captivating Wartime Ukraine

The Mushroom Captivating Wartime Ukraine

Beirut’s History Is Being Repaved

Beirut’s History Is Being Repaved

Madeline Edwards, João Sousa

Videos

The Quarterly Review: How Did We Get Here?

The Quarterly Review: How Did We Get Here?

Ground Control: How Pepper Spiced Up World Trade – With Lydia Wilson

Ground Control: How Pepper Spiced Up World Trade – With Lydia Wilson

Pete Hegseth’s Tattoos and the Crusading Obsession of the Far Right- With Lydia Wilson

Pete Hegseth’s Tattoos and the Crusading Obsession of the Far Right- With Lydia Wilson

The War We Don’t See —With Arwa Damon and Faisal Al Yafai

The War We Don’t See —With Arwa Damon and Faisal Al Yafai

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Contributors

Lydia Wilson

Lydia Wilson

"Words have been shown as inadequate against the military might of Israel, buttressed by the most powerful countries in the world. We are all impotent witnesses, unable to prevent the atrocities we have been watching for almost 22 long and cruel months. What use are more words? And is it really my place to be the amanuensis of Palestinians?"

Paul Apostolidis

Paul Apostolidis

"People can start to think and feel differently about who bears which costs of our common life when they take the chance of telling and listening to stories of different immigrant groups — together. This makes it possible to sense the profound resonances between, for instance, Greek and Mexican immigrant experiences as well as the jarring ways that such experiences are 'really different.'"

Olivia Snaije

Olivia Snaije

"In literature, there is an unquestioned acceptance of a cultural dominance that is situated in the east, whether formerly in Baghdad or Damascus, or more currently in Cairo, Beirut and increasingly in the Gulf. While Arabic-language literature from the Maghreb does travel east, writers from sub-Saharan Africa feel they are overlooked in the Middle East."

Waleed Nasir

Waleed Nasir

"Pakistan must make a case for “constructive multi-alignment,” finding ways to be a strategic asset to both the U.S. and China, argued Yusuf and Akhtar. But it cannot do that while it continues to be mired in political instability, economic degradation, surging violence from nonstate actors and a hostile neighborhood."