Arming Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Libya, and making huge fuel transfers on the high seas – it embarrasses Trump, but westerners can’t really object.

Women are leading Sudan’s revolt against religious fundamentalism. As in Egypt and Saudi Arabia they face a violent backlash. But they must win.

Episode 7 of a podcast series about the socio-political climate faced by Syrians and their host communities through their own eyes as the pressure rises for refugees to return to Syria.

Episode 6 of a podcast series about the socio-political climate faced by Syrians and their host communities through their own eyes as the pressure rises for refugees to return to Syria.

As the US fosters a backlash at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, states from Lebanon to Namibia are taking more progressive positions.

The EU will continue to provide material and political support to the Egyptian regime, as long as it serves its goals.

Episode 5 of a podcast series about the socio-political climate faced by Syrians and their host communities through their own eyes as the pressure rises for refugees to return to Syria.

Episode 4 of a podcast series about the socio-political climate faced by Syrians and their host communities through their own eyes as the pressure rises for refugees to return to Syria.

Which country carries most responsibility for the spread of sectarianism in the muslim world? Answer: Saudi Arabia

Thousands of Algerians march to say 'No!' to a fifth presidential mandate for Bouteflika.

Episode 3 of a podcast series about the socio-political climate faced by Syrians and their host communities through their own eyes as the pressure rises for refugees to return to Syria.

The sanctions force Iranians to suspend their struggle against their abusive father, fearing that the interfering strangers would manipulate their demands and grievances.

Just to be clear, this means that more desperate people crossed the Red Sea into Yemen in 2018 than crossed the Mediterranean heading for Europe. 

A long essay on why the Arab intellectual community in Berlin needs to acquire a name, shape, and a mandate of sorts.

The US is trying to create a Middle Eastern coalition to undermine Iran. They are sixteen years too late.

Episode 2 of a podcast series about the socio-political climate faced by Syrians and their host communities through their own eyes as the pressure rises for refugees to return to Syria.

Analysis of US diplomacy and discourse after May 2018 suggests that the administration has revived its 1979 Iran-pathology with a vengeance.