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In this undated file photo, A Palestinian boy rides his bicycle next to the Palestine separation wall on the outskirts of Jerusalem. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
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A horse drawn wagon transports poppy wreaths representing the 85 units of the British Expeditionary Force passes Buckingham Palace in London as it travels from Hyde Park Barracks to Wellington Barracks in London on August 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/JUSTIN TALLIS
The Story of a Misunderstood War
This year thousands of ceremonies across the globe will mark the centenary of the First World War, an occasion that has already inspired hundreds of new books and countless essays. While in military terms the Middle East was regarded as a sideshow in the Great War,...Caption:
Small child gazing at toys in the market, Kuwait
An Author’s Search for the Kuwait of Old
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—For Mai Al-Nakib, a Kuwaiti writer who spent large chunks of her life away from her home country, writing fiction is “a way to open a space to kind of remind myself of the different kind of place Kuwait used to be.” [inset_left]The Hidden Light...Caption:
The Capitol is seen in Washington, Thursday morning, July 31, 2014, as lawmakers prepare to begin a five-week summer recess. Republicans pushed a divided House yesterday toward a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, accusing him of deliberately exceeding the bounds of his constitutional authority. Obama and other Democrats derided the effort as a stunt […]
Global Capitalism and the Financial Earthquake
One feature most politicians have in common is their penchant for blaming their predecessors and sneering at their successors. Typically, it goes something like this: “When I took over, things were in a mess. When I left, things couldn’t be any better. After me,...Caption:
Muslim women, who were displaced by deadly religious strife last year, stand in a queue to cast their votes for the general election at a polling station in Palra village in Muzaffarnagar district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh April 10, 2014. (Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee)
Four Women’s Stories at a Time of Turmoil
Over the past four decades, many Muslim-majority countries have suffered from conflict, revolution, war and terror while trying to face the challenge of finding their proper place in a modern world they find both attractive and repulsive. While everyone has had a...Caption:
File photo showing Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki speaking during a news conference in Baghdad. (Reuters)