: How Joe Biden Handed the Presidency to Donald Trump | The New Yorker Absolutely scathing reporting. …
: Adam Shatz | Remembering Hugh Roberts On the great historian of Algeria Hugh Roberts, who recently …
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: What Does Trump Want in the Middle East? | Foreign Affairs Marc Lynch on Trump’s Gulf visit.
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: Hafiz Al-Assad signed Rolex Submariner up for sale. I guess some Syrian Air Force general needs …
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: BBC Two - Louis Theroux, The Settlers Scathing new documentary on settler violence in the …
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: Gazan photographer Samar Abu Elouf’s haunting picture of a nine-year old double-amputee wins, …
: Exclusive: Musk’s SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield | …
: Best antidote yet to Bill Maher’s (and many others') “why can’t we just get …
: Semafor, Mohammed Sergie: Qatar joins Gulf peers in backing Egypt with potential $7.5B investment
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: Jordan Says It Foiled a Plot Against the Kingdom - The New York Times: The Jordanian authorities …
: Phys.org: Iraq sandstorm leaves 1,800 people with respiratory problems: Health officials Airports …
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: Jacob Dreyer on the Chinafication of America: The Industrial Party - The Ideas Letter
: Major French journalist syndicates and leading publications sign open letter against Israel’s …
: UAE-backed RSF militia commits yet another war crime: Sudan Clinic Workers Killed in Zamzam Camp - …
: Ben Hubbard in the the NYT, on Maaloula, the Christian-majority town near Damascus where one of the …
: Evan S. Medeiros & Andrew Polk in The Washington Quarterly: China’s New Economic Weapons
: From the latest issue of the excellent newsletter Syria in Transition, The New Umayyads, on Ahmed …
: Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestinian green card holder and Columbia student, detained by Ice | US immigration …
: Robert Armstrong, writing with clarity in the FT about Trumponomics: The tariff crisis is not …
: Drop Site: With Bakeries and Kitchens All But Shut Down, Desperate Hunger Engulfs Gaza
: Finished reading: In the Best Families by Rex Stout 📚 It has this great line about a cop: No doubt …
: Adam Shatz · Israel’s Descent in the London Review of Books: For all their missteps, the students …
: Aid shipments into southern Gaza are being squeezed out by commercial convoys, humanitarian …
: From Public Domain Review, wonderful collection of pictures from Ottoman-era Palestine.
: From The UAE’s rising influence in Africa, in the Financial Times. Also in the FT: Bulk of gold …
: AI companies freeze out partisan media | Semafor Last week, OpenAI announced a five-year deal to …
: Masters of War, by Thomas Meaney, in Harpers: The Atlanticist is a special species of Western …
: Sam Roberts, writing for NYT: Terry Anderson, Reporter Held Hostage for Six Years, Dies at 76
: Gideon Levy in Haaretz: Now is the time for the United States, and in its wake the international …
: How China is tearing down Islam This is a remarkable investigation by the FT on how China is tearing …
: Opinion | Egypt’s Government Is Bulldozing the City of the Dead - The New York Times
: UAE launches Arabic large language model in Gulf push into generative AI | Financial Times
: ‘Bridges with everyone’: how Saudi Arabia and UAE are positioning themselves for power | Financial …
: Is the Middle East’s Makeover a Mirage? | Foreign Affairs Joost Hiltermann.
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: The à la carte world: our new geopolitical order | Financial Times The à la carte world: our new geopolitical order | Financial Times: Welcome to the à la carte world. …
: Egypt's Zambian gold scandal Hossam over at 3arabawy (recently reborn as a Substack newsletter - do subscribe) has been providing …
: Report – Al-Sisi’s Bubble in the Desert: The Political Economy of Egypt’s New Administrative …
: UAE: The Human Rights Situation in the United Arab Emirates Ahead of COP28 - Amnesty International
: Alex de Waal · The Revolution No One Wanted: War in Khartoum · LRB 18 May 2023: Sudan’s capital, …
: The New World Disorder (Robert Wright & Thomas Friedman) - Even Tom Friedman describes what is …
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: Syrians in Turkey facing uncertain future whether Erdoğan stays or goes | Turkey | The Guardian An …
: Fascinating: How one of Vladimir Putin’s most prized hacking units got pwned by the FBI - Ars …
: Marcos Makes Mark on Foreign Policy in Push for Closer U.S.-Philippines Ties - The New York Times If …
: A number of international news websites blocked in Egypt after reporting the capture of Egyptian …
: The Quest to Save the Dying Cypriot Arabic Language - New Lines Magazine
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: New website for Saudi sovereign wealth fund’s venture arm reveals ties to more than 50 VC and PE …
: Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza’s final statement to the court handling his sham trial …
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: This is a great resource on who owns Lebanon’s banks (and profits from the protection they …
: Economic Predation in Egypt’s Prisons - TIMEP “When outside visits were temporarily suspended …
: “Whatever the outcome of these protests, a state that considers equality an existential threat …
: How the record Boeing deal was caught between Washington and Riyadh | Semafor: Riyadh paused deal …
: Science is broken | Semafor: “An astonishing number of scientific studies, especially in …
: Truffle Hunting in Syria, Once a Beloved Pastime, Is Now a Danger - The New York Times: “At …
: Syria’s state capture: the rising influence of Mrs Assad | Financial Times: “Her name, in …
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: Khalil Gibran on youth. “In his youth, he felt doomed to insignificance, dwarfed by a universe that …
: Q&A: Noam Chomsky on Palestine, Israel and the state of the world | Al Jazeera “If you …
: Tunisia’s Kais Saied Balks at IMF Bailout - New Lines Magazine The consequences of a default would …
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: Support Civil Society in Tunisia | Newsweek Former US Ambassador to Tunisia Gordon Gray.
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: Israel Boils as Netanyahu Ousts Minister Who Bucked Court Overhaul Mr. Gallant’s dismissal …
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: www.middleeasteye.net Leading Moroccan activists and intellectuals call on government to suspend …
: newlinesmag.com This article traces the origins of hummus to 13th century Syria, which is plausible, …
: Yezid Sayigh: To Receive an IMF Loan, Egypt Pledges to End the Unique Status of Its Military …
: Seraj Assi and Zachary Foster writing in Ha’aretz: Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich …