Jul 14, 2019
5 min

Why do we still use the term Middle East when West Asia is more relevant to peoples of the region?

The catch-all moniker ignores broad geographic distinctions and nuances and is increasingly misleading By: Dr Parag Khanna...

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Jul 14, 2019
2 min

How the Middle East Was Invented.

The New York Times Archives Until the 20th century, nobody talked about the Middle East because neither the term nor the states in the...

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Jul 14, 2019
50 min

Reshaping Southwest Asia and North Africa: Why and How?

By: Mehdi Mozaffari, Professor of Political Science England [the USA] has to fulfil a double mission in India [Iraq]: one destructive,...

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Jul 7, 2019
3 min

Experience Dubai: A Smart City that sets World Standards. Future Host of Expo 2020 Dubai .

The Dubai Smart City initiative was announced in 2013 and has already impacted the lives of visitors and residents alike. The project has...

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Jul 6, 2019
8 min

Islamophobia and Structuring the Post-Cold War New World Order (NWO)

By: Hatem Bazian Islamophobia is less about Islam or even about Muslims themselves, their lives and hopes but more about the insecurity...

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Jul 4, 2019
15 min

The Collapse of Civilisation: 1177 BC

The warriors entered the world scene and moved rapidly, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Modern scholars refer to them...

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Jul 4, 2019
3 min

In Global Economics, 2019 Threatens to be a Challenging Year

Brace yourself for a bumpy ride in 2019. The global economic outlook is looking more problematic than at any time over the past decade,...

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Jul 2, 2019
21 min

Why are Jews Hated by So Many People?

Why are So Many People Anti-Semitic? How and Why did Antisemitism Start? Is there a Solution to Anti Semitism? In, "Concerning the Jews",...

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Jul 1, 2019
0 min

America Arrogance Puts the Region at Peril

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Jul 1, 2019
19 min

Khilafat and Caliphate

By: Mubasher Ahmad, M.A., LL.B. The commonly used English words ‘Caliph’ and ‘Caliphate’ are both taken and transformed from the Arabic...

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Jun 10, 2019
5 min

Telling a Different Story: Five Years of Reel Palestine

Dana Al-Sadek, one of the founders of Reel Palestine in Dubai talks about the pop film festival. The fifth edition of Reel Palestine...

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May 15, 2019
1 min

Street Music Across Southwest Asia

Lebanon's Beirut has long been considered the Paris of the region, however several wars have hurt the country, its diverse population and...

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