EU Preparing Aid Package to ‘Stabilize’ Egypt
Egypt remains adamant that it will not take in Palestinian refugees.
Egypt remains adamant that it will not take in Palestinian refugees.
With major powers preparing for a potential escalation, an Israeli ground offensive could have grave consequences.
Saudi Arabia reconsiders relations with the U.S. and Israel as Iran and Hezbollah enter the fray.
Islamists are reportedly turning back Palestinians who are trying to flee.
The change comes just as the Belarussian government loosened restrictions on non-European migrations coming into the country who could cross into Poland.
For those who love Lebanon and its people, the apparent indifference of the West to this unique nation and its struggles is incomprehensible.
Having thrived for millennia amidst Arab societies despite their inferior status, Oriental Jews were swiftly uprooted in a matter of decades by the Arab-Israeli conflict. A once-in-a-lifetime exhibit at Paris’s Institute for the Arab World attempts to synthesize conflicting narratives of trauma and nostalgia.
Canadian-Lebanese writer Nader Moumneh’s 2018 book fills a useful niche in that it is a sympathetic and detailed overview of the main Lebanese Christian military-political formation born during the Lebanese Civil War, a formation that became a leading Lebanese nationalist political party after the war ended.
The “Graveyard of Empires” seems a fitting name for the nation. Afghanistan does not destroy them; it measures their willingness to fight for their interests and, thus, their vitality. It is the heart of Asia, it is a barren land of blood and dust, the ultimate test of ambition.
Beyond the mere personalities involved, the fault lies with the hubris that has dogged us from our political beginning—the idea that we could or should remake the world in our own perfect image.
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