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Displaced Sudanese families who fled the recent clashes in North Darfur’s capital El-Fasher and nearby villages gather around vehicles after arriving in Al Dabbah town of Sudan’s Northern State, where they continue to live under difficult …

Long before political Zionism emerged, small, marginal Protestant sects in Europe developed restorationist theologies centred on the biblical land.

The search for peace in Arab–Jewish Palestine ignores a hard truth: it's likely impossible. This direct analysis argues the foundational goals of both sides are fundamentally and irreconcilably opposed.

One of the yet unanswered questions that hangs over the destruction of Gaza and its people is why the world watched a livestreamed genocide for about a year and a half without intervening.

Interview of Elie Hajj with Nikolaos van Dam.

When Israeli officials claim that every single building destroyed in Gaza contained “terror infrastructure,” the assertion is not just implausible; it is a radical redefinition of reality. No functioning city is composed entirely of military …

In 1970s, the Arab-Israeli conflict became more and more intertwined with the Cold War. The Soviet Union strengthened its ties with (Nasserist) Egypt and (Baathist) Syria. In November 1971, Washington reached a memorandum of understanding with …

Sadat’s ambition was to reassert Egypt afte rits demoralizing defeat in the 1967 war. In cooperation with Syria he prepared for a surprise attack on Israel

The Levant has long been a mosaic of peoples. Armenians, Christians, Muslims, Druze, and Jews have shared its cities for centuries, usually within plural systems that balanced diversity without demanding uniformity.

Since coming to power, Egypt’s Sisi, has used prison as a political tool and means of punishment for thousands of critics and opponents.

Slimani’s defence of women’s rights through the written word, in a style that has clearly struck a chord, is a testimony to the power and importance of language in highlighting women’s issues at the highest level.

Sudan Conflict timeline covers battles, broken ceasefires, humanitarian collapse, and rival governments from 2023 to 2025, showing how war reshaped Sudan’s future.

The unfolding of the Arab-Palestinian-Israeli conflict from the October War of 1973 to the Oslo Accords.

Shervin’s lyrics have become the soundtrack of the recent protests, not only because of their form and content, but also because of Shervin’s performance. He sings every word, every syllable, intensely. His voice is trembling, it is as if he is …

The use of white phosphorus in Lebanon, from Beirut in 1982 to the southern border today, transcends episodic warfare to constitute a systematic practice of creating a weaponized environment.

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In November 1977 Sadat supprised the World by visiting Israel to seek peace between Egypt and Israel. A breakthough was reached in 1979.

May Ziadeh was known as the butterfly of literature and the wounded Arab name.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) thus saw the light in June 2014, under the leadership of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.