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Under the rule of Hafez and Bashar al-Assad, Syria has for decades been a highly autocratic security state. The ruling regime has...

The Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) celebrated its 20th anniversary during its month-long run in January 2015. The festival, led by the...

AJ Naddaff is majoring in Arab Studies and political science at Davidson College. During college, he has worked as an Assistant Teacher...

In the past half-decade, Shadi Hamid has established himself as one of America’s leading experts on Middle Eastern politics, political...

Now in its sixth year, the Syrian civil war ranks among the greatest humanitarian disasters since World War II. The most recent estimate...

Joshua Landis is widely recognized as one of the English-speaking world’s foremost experts on Syria and the Levant. Raised in Saudi...

Hannah Gaber spent six months in Oman photographing and filming a documentary on the changing culture and future of the sultanate to...

In today’s “war on terror,” the world regularly debates the mechanics of counterterrorism measures in the context of military action....

Despite holding citizenship in both the US and the UK, Charles Glass is more than willing to criticize the governments of these countries...

Beginning in Tunisia in December of 2010, the Arab world experienced uprisings and protests against authoritarian regimes during the Arab...