The End of the Fertile Crescent Kareem Hammami Dec 19, 2019 Climate change is poised to transform the geopolitical situation in the MENA region. Water is disappearing, and the…
Les femmes pour la première fois dans les gradins : petite victoire ou «opération… Agathe Wolf Oct 28, 2019 Le 10 octobre dernier, 4000 femmes Iraniennes ont pu assister à un match de football dans le stade Azadi de…
How Twitter became the ‘Parliament of the Arabs’ Andrew Fawaz Oct 25, 2019 Twitter has emerged as the main platform for activists and dissidents in the Middle East to discuss and criticize.…
A “Trump deal” with Iran: At What Cost? Fikret Oktay Oct 19, 2019 Trump has made another one of his gambles. He could still get the deal he wants, but at the moment, it seem like…
The Future of Antiquity Theft and Recovery Owen Cummings Aug 23, 2019 Art theft and the looting of burials and other ancient sites is not new. However, insurgent groups like ISIL,…
Art and Tolerance in Afghanistan Owen Cummings Mar 5, 2019 Afghanistan played the leading role in histories that have yet to be written, and we owe ourselves the chance to…
A “Forgotten” Solution May Very Well Be Right Next Door Catalina Hurtado Feb 16, 2019 From the education system and local labor markets to changing cultural dynamics, Syrians have proved that their…
The End of an Era: Peace with the Taliban? Graeme Murray Feb 12, 2019 The tentative agreement between the Taliban and the United States shows that the neoconservative currents which…
Known Unknowns: Israeli Power and Russian Permission in Syria Sarah Farb Jan 27, 2019 In the most recent flare-up between Israel and Iran in Syria, Russia said everything about its dubious relationship…
An Interview with MIR Journal Author Pauline Crepy Marie Fester Nov 28, 2018 "I’ve always been fascinated by Middle Eastern politics, but the Saudi Arabian and Iranian rivalry is of particular…