Mattia Yaghmai

Desperate to survive, Lebanese may become even more dependent on the piecemeal support handed out by sectarian factions.

Shifting youth attitudes threaten to undermine efforts done to cement state-controlled interpretations of Islam. 

While having protests, should Tunisia keep torn out between the three palaces, where the head of the parliament, the prime minister, and the president live ?

The policy of the British empire on the Suez canal remained ambivalent.

Kings of ancient Egypt were moved to a new shrine in a legendary procession.

There are people who still chant “All Power to Resistance”. They incline to discuss this issue, even though resistance ended and became a mere authority

The new US intelligence report creates a fundamental challenge to the kingdom’s geopolitical ambitions.

Lavrov wants to capitalize on Biden’s rattling of Middle Eastern cages.

Gender segregation strengthens patriarchy and ‘women's inferiority’ in Arab societies

Atrocities forced Christians of Iraq to choose between genocide and ethnic cleansing. Most of them chose the second option.

Bribing and corruption cause woes of all kinds in the Arab world. To know more about this issue, read the following blog of Hakim Marzouki.

Persian poetry is an example to follow while showing sympathy despite social distancing. To know more, read the following blog.

Turkey’s approach in southern Caucasus escalates rivalry with Iran. To know more about this rivalry, read the following article written by the prominent journalist James Dorsey.

The uprisings of ten years ago, and the 'sequel' to it in 2018 and 2019 in countries such as Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, Algeria and Morocco, definitely had meaning and it would be simplistic to state that the Arab Spring has 'failed'. Thus, while aspiring to make a sober, realistic assessment, we need to guard against both fruitless optimism and pessimism.

Civil War turned Syria into a country where women are left alone to face a harsh situation. To know more about this issue, read the following blog.

Saudi Arabia loosens in some aspects and tightens others in her relations with Biden. To know more about the future relations with Biden, read this article.

Turkey’s economy and Erdogan struggle due to Covid-19 and foreign affairs policies. To know more about the issue, read the following article.

Creating a military tasked with protecting citizens requires a new social contract that ensures security forces answer to civilian bodies and are respected but not feared.

Arab youth are doomed by linguistic and social affiliations that do not express their desired identity. To learn more about this issue, read the following blog.

Launching air strikes on Iran will not neutralize Tehran’s nuclear program. Rather, it will raise tensions in the Middle East. To know more, read this article.