“a significant infrastructure and connectivity project to enhance broader transcontinental integration between Asia, the Arabian Gulf, and Europe, or what I call the Eurasian rimland. It seeks to ...

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Within the next 25 years, the Middle East and North Africa will be a global leader in renewable energy production and a hub for international renewable energy supply chains. Morocco, the United Arab ...

The second crisis is the sharp decline in the water level of the Euphrates River. Originating in Turkey and flowing through Syria and Iraq into the Persian Gulf, this river and its tributaries ...

In recent news from Saudi Arabia: religious police filmed berating a fully veiled woman for not wearing gloves; a cleric’s fatwa against women watching football to prevent them from staring at men’s ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran recently announced that, 41 years after its establishment, it is now welcoming the possibility of women’s leadership at the highest levels of government. The declaration ...

The meetings surrounding the United Nations General Assembly last week showcased both vigorous diplomacy and the growing role in regional and global issues of a number of Middle Eastern leaders.

More than a year on from the beginning of the Ukraine war in February 2022, there is no more business as usual for Russia-Iran relations. While bilateral ties are still characterized by an intense ...

The recent agreement to restore diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran raised hope among Western leaders and some Yemen watchers that it could help bring an end to the war in Yemen, in ...

What Egyptians call the azmit al-iskan—the housing crisis—is exemplified by the 1986 movie, Karakon fi-l-Shari‘a, or Prison in the Street. The film depicts a typical middle class family that, evicted ...

The day before Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack on southern Israel, the Houthi militia’s publication, al-Maseera, ran a piece entitled “Peace with the Jews is in confronting them, not shaking their ...

Late last month, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei opted to replace the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Shamkhani. The latter’s removal after 10 years spent in this key ...