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Egypt Banned the Muslim Brotherhood. Its Legacy Endures.
Cairo has outlawed the organisation for good, but its ideas still shape debates over Islam, democracy and power across the Middle East.
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Egypt Banned the Muslim Brotherhood. Its Legacy Endures.
Cairo has outlawed the organisation for good, but its ideas still shape debates over Islam, democracy and power across the Middle East.
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Politics · MENA
Madame Secretary-General? A Profile of Lana Nusseibeh
Nusseibeh is a polished diplomat with a compelling story. To become the UN’s first female secretary-general, she must convince the Security Council that she is no longer Abu Dhabi’s emissary.
Politics · Briefing
Divided by Borders, the Kurds Search for Their Place
Without a state of their own, the Kurds’ best hope lies in language rights, local government and pragmatic alliances.
Politics · News Analysis
Morocco Is Winning in Western Sahara. A Bigger Contest Awaits in West Africa
The UN decision to end MINURSO likely strengthens Morocco’s Western Sahara claim at the expense of the Algerian-backed Polisario Front. The Rabat–Algiers rivalry now shifts southwards.
Politics · Briefing
Can Turkey Put Libya Back Together?
By courting both Tripoli and Haftar's eastern government, Ankara is positioning itself as the broker of a unified Libya, and the power behind whoever controls it.
Economy · Briefing
Islamic Banking and the Price of Piety
How a millennium-old, religiously sanctioned financial tradition replaces interest-bearing loans with trade, leasing and shared risk
Economy · News Analysis
While the Globe Fixates on France, North African Youth Express Similar Frustrations
As the world’s cameras fixed on France in recent weeks, protests and public angst of comparable grievances across the Mediterranean have gone far less noticed.
Economy · News Analysis
The Bill for the Middle East War is Coming Due
As the World Bank and IMF meet in Bangkok from 12–18 October, the Iran war’s economic fallout is straining energy-importing economies, threatening food security and testing how far the World Bank and Gulf states can go to cushion the blow.
Politics · MENA
Egypt Banned the Muslim Brotherhood. Its Legacy Endures.
Cairo has outlawed the organisation for good, but its ideas still shape debates over Islam, democracy and power across the Middle East.
Society · Obituary
Remembering Engin Deniz Akarlı, Historian of the Ottoman Empire
He challenged the image of Ottoman despotism, explored the limits of imperial power and nurtured generations of historians. Akarlı passed away on 8 November, aged 81.
Politics · MENA
Madame Secretary-General? A Profile of Lana Nusseibeh
Nusseibeh is a polished diplomat with a compelling story. To become the UN’s first female secretary-general, she must convince the Security Council that she is no longer Abu Dhabi’s emissary.
Politics · Briefing
Divided by Borders, the Kurds Search for Their Place
Without a state of their own, the Kurds’ best hope lies in language rights, local government and pragmatic alliances.
Security · News Analysis
Is Jordan Facing a New Wave of Militancy?
Two attacks in a fortnight have exposed the risks facing a kingdom surrounded by war
Politics · Iran
As Renewed War with the US Looms, Iran Faces a Growing Baluch Insurgency
As Baluch guerrilla attacks grow bolder, Tehran’s grip on its neglected south-east looks increasingly tenuous. Despite mounting war rhetoric with Washington, the Islamic Republic’s most acute security challenge may lie within its borders.
Security · News Analysis
Yemen’s War Tests Mohammed bin Salman’s Leadership
Houthi advances in Yemen and attacks on Saudi territory are raising questions about the kingdom’s security and the crown prince’s authority. Regional powers with a stake in Saudi stability are watching apprehensively.
Politics · News Analysis
The Egypt–Ethiopia Rivalry Goes Regional
Egypt’s El-Alamein summit shows a dispute over water is merging with fights over ports, civil wars and outside powers.
Society · Obituary
Remembering Engin Deniz Akarlı, Historian of the Ottoman Empire
He challenged the image of Ottoman despotism, explored the limits of imperial power and nurtured generations of historians. Akarlı passed away on 8 November, aged 81.
Culture · Briefing
Where Grape Syrup Is Liquid Gold
A sticky autumn ritual that yields a beloved cold-weather treat survives and thrives around the eastern Mediterranean
Society · Briefing
The Price of an Ordinary Lunch in Beirut
A $13 chicken wrap in Beirut has become an unlikely measure of how Lebanon’s economic crisis divides a city.
Culture · Briefing
One Thousand and One Origins of a Universal Classic
Built through delay, borrowing and revision, One Thousand and One Nights was never one book, and never only Arabian.
In their words
“Sure and certain knowledge is that in which the thing known is made so manifest that no doubt clings to it.”
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