Category: Featured

Nadia Ahmad06/03/2026

The Last Samurai: Between the Emperor of the Sun and the Supreme Leader of the Moon

History often gives revolutions their own Samurai. In feudal Japan, they carried swords in the […]
Emad Aysha06/03/2026

Lina Keilany – On children, education and the extraterrestrial controversy

First it was Obama and now its President Trump. Both are implicated in the Epstein […]
A US attack on Iran's capital, Tehran. Photo courtesy FOX News.
The Liberum06/03/2026

Democracy can not be imposed from the sky

When the United States and Israel struck Iran on Saturday, 28 February, they did not […]
Rafic Taleb05/03/2026

Black March 2025: Justice, memory, and the protection of Syria’s Alawites

In Syria’s coastal regions, particularly Latakia, Tartus, and parts of Hama, between 7 and 9 […]
Murielle Hebbo04/03/2026

The day I realised new chapters don’t begin with certainty

We have romanticised new chapters to the point that we expect them to arrive wrapped […]
Nadia Ahmad03/03/2026

The day after the supreme leader died: A Post-Westphalian Levant

Empires rarely announce their endings; they fracture. The assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei […]
Adriana Lebbos03/03/2026

Growing up in a count

Before we understood where we stood on a map, we understood what was taken away.  […]
Rafic Taleb01/03/2026

The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader caused a geopolitical earthquake in the Middle East

A dramatic escalation in Middle East tensions transformed into outright war when U.S. and Israeli […]
Sid Lukkassen28/02/2026

The glass shard in the Black Box

Last night, I watched an episode of Black Mirror and couldn't let it go. Now […]
Nadia Ahmad27/02/2026

The discipline paradox: Ramadan to the Eye of the Outsider

Before Qur’anic verses were recited, the Arab body knew the mathematics of scarcity. It walked […]
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