Syria. In Suwayda the Druze Start their Own Revolution Mazen Ezzi , October 2023 Since August 2023, Suwayda Province in Southern Syria has witnessed periodic demonstrations calling for the end of the Bachar al-Assad regime. This movement has caused astonishment, twelve years after the (…) The Abraham Accords, Expression of a Fundamentalist Religious Alliance Hicham Alaoui , October 2023 The war in Gaza has overshadowed the normalisation agreements signed in 2020 between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco. Beyond its geopolitical dimension, (…) Attack of some, defense of others. A Western sentence Leyane Ajaka Dib Awada , October 2023 Although it was conceived and executed like a military operation, the attack carried out under the direction of Hamas’ Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades around the Gaza Strip on 7 October 2023 was described in (…) Editorial Gaza-Palestine: The Right to Resist Oppression Alain Gresh, October 2023 It was also in the month of October, exactly 50 years ago, in 1973. The Egyptian and Syrian armies crossed the cease-fire lines ad inflicted heavy losses on the Israeli army. What a dreadful commotion in Tel Aviv! (…) The Archaeological Site of Luxor Becomes an Amusement Park Sophie Pommier , October 2023 Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the antique city of Thebes is an important historical location Renamed Luxor in modern times, it has recently undergone profound changes associated with (…) Maxime Rodinson: What Marxism Can Teach Us About the History of Islam Renaud Soler , September 2023 Between the nineteen fifties and nineties, Maxime Rodinson (1915–2004) was one of France’s most famous Arabists. Gifted with an admirable encyclopedic culture, author of (…) Focus 13 September 1993. Oslo, a Fools’ Bargain Christian Jouret, September 2023 The ‘Oslo process’ has been passed off as one which favours a peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; actually, it only benefited one side, Israel, the only ‘negotiator’ to gain any advantage in that (…) Petroleum. Turkey vs. Iraq, but the Kurds are Collateral Victims Benoît Drevet, September 2023 In March 2023 Turkey was found guilty by an international tribunal of having purchased oil directly from Iraqi Kurdistan between 2014 and 2018. Since then, oil exports from Iraq to Turkey (…) Lamartine, in the forgotten years of French Islamophilia Louis Blin, September 2023 Hard as it is to believe today, in the course of French literary history, many writers displayed, vis a vis Islam, a desire to understand, a real tolerance and an open-mindedness which have now (…) Focus Archetype of a Failure Daniel Levy, September 2023 The Oslo process could have succeeded if Israel had made the effort to make its terms acceptable to a Palestinian leadership that had shown a willingness to compromise and had sufficient legitimacy to seal an agreement. This has not been the case, quite the (…) Egypt: A New Capital Bogged Down by Speculation Jeanne Gorin, September 2023 A report from POMED, a human rights organisation, published in June, reveals the hidden finances behind the construction of the New Administrative Capital of Egypt. President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s showcase project, (…) “Nefertiti wants to go home” Alain Gresh, August 2023 The bust of Queen Nefertiti is without doubt one of the most fascinating artefacts from Egypt’s Pharaonic period. Discovered with many other objects by German archaeologists in 1912, its display in Berlin just as Europe’s (…) 0 | ... | 36 | 48 | 60 | 72 | 84 | 96 | 108 | 120 | 132 | ... | 552