Category: Featured

Emad Aysha20/05/2024

Kingdom of the Apes: Originality, Innocence or Imitation?

I forced myself, under dire circumstances, to go and watch Kingdom of the Planet of […]
Salman Rushdie after the attack. Picture courtesy of Rachel Eliza Griffiths.
Paul Cliteur18/05/2024

In the Ayatollah’s grip: Salman Rushdie’s “Knife”

“I didn’t think very much about the man whose actions had put me in this […]
His Excellency Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia in better days, speaking at a forum in 2012. Picture courtesy of Flickr.
The Liberum16/05/2024

Corruption scandals keep chasing former Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Mongolia is one of the countries that speaks to the imagination of many. News reports […]
President Xi Jinping and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic hold talks in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 8, 2024. Picture courtesy China Daily.
Nikola Mikovic14/05/2024

Surrounded by NATO and EU, Serbia turns to China for strategic cooperation

“Serbia is a country ‘in-between’. It is a place where the future happens first, with […]
Armenians are demonstrating in Boston (2020) against Turkey and Azerbaijan. Picture courtesy of Pat Greenhouse (Boston Globe).
Robert M. Cutler09/05/2024

Overcoming the Armenian diaspora’s irredentist legacy

Armenian nationalism, deeply influenced by the Armenian diaspora during the Cold War, has shaped the […]
STRETCHING THE TRUTH: A classic scene from Terry Gilliam's Kafkaesque dystopian sci-fi masterpiece 'Brazil'.
Emad Aysha06/05/2024

Kafka to the Rescue: from Brazil to the Middle East

Through a series of fortuitous coincidences, I got a chance to watch a BBC adaptation […]
Flowers for the Real Luxuries in Life are Free
Emile Fakhoury05/05/2024

The Real Luxuries in Life are Free

The real luxuries in life are not necessarily materialistic. They are free, touch your soul, […]
The Liberum02/05/2024

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Beginning of the End

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has won every election since 2003, except for the local […]
Dutch emeritus professor Guus Berkhout (84) in The Hague (Netherlands). Picture by Arthur Blok.
Arthur Blok29/04/2024

IPCC Refuses Repeated Calls for Dialogue with Critical Scientists

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ignores crucial peer-reviewed literature and cherry-picks evidence to […]
Emir Feisal I (right) and Chaim Weizmann (also wearing Arab dress as a sign of friendship) in Syria. At this time, Feisal was living in Syria.
Ken van Ierlant27/04/2024

A Three-State Solution for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is a Good Alternative for the Oslo Accords

A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is outdated. A three-state solution is a much […]
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