Iran Scores a Big Hit With an Iconic Song Sabrina Mervin, September 2022 Based on an idea by the Supreme Leader Khamenei, the song “Salâm farmândeh” (Salute commander) launched last Spring has been a smash hit in Iran. Immediately exported to Shi’ite populations across the world, it has given rise (…) Israel’s Spyware Diplomacy in Africa Suraya Dadoo , September 2022 Ghana has purchased Pegasus spyware from the Israeli group NS0 under dubious conditions. This acquisition by a country often considered a model in Africa confirms that the Israeli cyberweapons and surveillance industry is closely (…) Qatar: A High-Profile Inter-Arab Derby for Curtain Raiser Raphaël Le Magoariec, September 2022 Two of three most famous football teams in the Arab world, Zamalek (Egypt) and Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) will meet on Friday 9 September to baptise the Lusail Iconic Stadium, the crown jewel of Qatar’s (…) What you’ve always wanted to know about the IMF Jean-Pierre Sereni, September 2022 IMF: three letters that have long haunted the economic news of many countries having gained their independence at the end of WW2. The international financial (…) In Germany, the Fight Against Antisemitism Turns into a Witch Hunt Ben Ratskoff, August 2022 Some journalists and intellectuals are the target of strong campaigns in Germany against their supposed antisemitism. But in addition to the unbridled Islamophobia that these media (…) Union-Busting in Moroccan Call Centres Jana Treffler, August 2022 In the many call centres located in Morocco, where workers of both sexes hold low-paid jobs, the multinational owners do their best to keep out the unions. A criminal code left over from colonial days makes this easier. When (…) Against All Odds, the Persistence of Palestine Hicham Alaoui , August 2022 Although Palestine seems to have disappeared from the Western and Arab diplomatic agenda, it remains rooted in the regional reality and in the memory of the peoples. One cannot so easily eradicate the aspiration to (…) Egyptian Photographer Ibrahim Ahmed Questions Masculinity Sama Waly, July 2022 Ibrahim Ahmed retraces the history of his family and that of the country from photographic archives. He creates original works that allow him to question and go beyond the concept of masculinity (…) At El-Hadjar Algeria’s Hopes of Building a Steel Industry Have Gone Up in Smoke Jean-Pierre Sereni, July 2022 With the demolition of the first of the two blast furnaces at the El-Hadjar complex, in Annaba wilaya, the pioneers’ dream of a flourishing steel industry, a (…) Pakistan-Arabia: Trouble in Paradise Jean-Luc Racine, July 2022 Well established ever since Pakistan gained its independence in 1947, that country’s alliance with Saudi Arabia has recently been compromised by the Kashmir crisis and the rapprochement between Riyadh and New Delhi. Identity-based (…) Interview Hassan Massoudy, Calligrapher of Emotions Emma Redondo, July 2022 In 2004, Hassan Massoudy published his autobiography Si loin de l’Euphrate: jeunesse d’artiste en Irak (Albin Michel) serving as the starting point of this interview conducted by Emma Redondo. In this dialogue, Hassan Massoudy (…) A Grave of Smoke Elias Khoury, July 2022 On 16 April 2013, in Tadamon, a district of Damascus, members of the Syrian armed forces shot dozens of civilians one by one in a mass grave and then incinerated them. Images of this massacre leaked in April 2022 led to war crime complaints in several European (…) 0 | ... | 144 | 156 | 168 | 180 | 192 | 204 | 216 | 228 | 240 | ... | 600