Russia takes a “grown up” beating
The acid attack on the Bolshoi ballet’s director highlights the worrying spread of organised crime and corruption to all facets of life in Russia.
Read MoreThe acid attack on the Bolshoi ballet’s director highlights the worrying spread of organised crime and corruption to all facets of life in Russia.
Read MoreMy time in Israel and Palestine, where everything is politics, has taught me that it is the human that is holy, not the land.
Read MoreCan art help the Palestinian struggle or is it a preoccupation those living under occupation can ill-afford?
Read MoreThe targeted boycott of Israel should be complemented with Arab recognition of the Jewish state and grassroots engagement with ordinary Israelis.
Read MoreThere is no conflict between Islam and the West – only clashes of interests between and within them. But there is a very real mash of civilisations.
Read Moreبقلم خالد دياب يعتقد ساسون سومخ، الشاعر والكاتب وصديق الأديب المصري الراحل نجيب محفوظ، ان الأدب يتسامى على السياسة الخميس
Read MoreSasson Somekh, critic and friend of the late Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, believes literature transcends politics and can bridge cultures.
Read MoreLiving behind the ‘Zion Curtain’ reveals how alike Israelis and Palestinians are and how ordinary people must build common ground on this shared land.
Read MoreAs social media strip away the space and time separating like-minded people, is the notion of “nationalism” becoming too small for us?
Read MoreThe polarised debate over Arab women overlooks the fact that men can be victims of the patriarchy too and their identity is a cultural battlefield.
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