Can Iraq Reform Itself Amid Chaos? Mohamed Shiaa, Sylvain Mercadier, September 2020 For more than three months, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s transitional government has ruled Iraq. As the ongoing sanitary crisis is only getting worse, budget deficit is widening due to low oil prices while Iraqi’s living conditions are going from (…) Towards a New Arabic Pop? Pierre France , September 2020 The grand return of the music industry to the Arab world since 2018 is not easy nor successful so far. Furthermore, it has come along with the return of historic players in the region, such as the Saudi company Rotana, as much as it has confirmed (…) Israel-Emirates. Neither Betrayal nor History-Making Deal Hicham Alaoui , September 2020 Political observers have voiced contrasting opinions about the peace treaty between Israel and the Arab Emirates. Some have seen it as a monumental betrayal, others as an historic breakthrough. (…) Gaza: “Pacification” in Exchange for Health Security Sarah Daoud, August 2020 In the context of a worldwide pandemic which for the moment has spared the overcrowded Gaza territory, negotiations between Hamas and Israel, with the active participation of Egypt, are aimed at (…) The Iranian View of Hiroshima: Beyond Anti-US Ideology? Banafsheh Keynoushmulti , Clément Therme , August 2020 Seventy-five years after 1945, the Islamic Republic of Iran is instrumentalizing the memory of the United States dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and (…) Iraq: The Ministry of Death Under Fire Quentin Müller, August 2020 The Iraqi health system is on the road to ruin. The country’s public hospitals, where the medical practice was once the finest in the Arab world, have become places of bribery, theft and murderous clientelism. At a time when the (…) Books From anticolonialism to Zionism: the variations of Albert Memmi Hèla Yousfi , August 2020 The Tunisian-born writer and essayist, who died on May 22, 2020, was the author of major books on colonization such as the famous The Colonizer and the Colonized written in 1957. Albert (…) Black lives scorned: The Wretched of the Maghreb Rafik Chekkat , August 2020 Voices from the Arab world, like that of Palestinian actress Maryam Abou Khaled, have touched off a debate over the racism suffered by the Black population of North Africa and the persistent legacy of centuries of (…) Overwhelmed by sanctions and Covid-19, Iran turns to China Shervin Ahmadi, August 2020 The draft agreement between Iran and China, which is preparing to undertake massive investments in transports and industry has caused controversy, even in Tehran. But the population’s main concern (…) Change of course for the Gulf States’ Sovereign Wealth Funds Sebastian Castelier, July 2020 Their sovereign funds are multi-faceted bodies which invest the Gulf states’ budget surpluses on the world’s stock exchanges. But the volatility of oil prices, the increasing debt ratios and (…) Turkey: The “Reconquest” of Hagia Sophia, a Bad Movie Jean-François Pérouse, July 2020 On 19th July, President Recep Tayyib Erdoğan took himself to Hagia Sophia to check on preparations for the first Friday prayer, which was to coincide—what a historical clash!—with the anniversary of (…) Op-ed The Right to Inheritance and to Return, Keys to Peace in Palestine Ilan Pappe , Tamar Yaron, Uri Davis, July 2020 The “peace process” which culminated in the Oslo Accords in 1993 has failed to ignore two key issues: the nature of the State of Israel and that of the right of return of the (…) 0 | ... | 276 | 288 | 300 | 312 | 324 | 336 | 348 | 360 | 372 | ... | 588