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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in the context of nuclear talks with Iran, in Vienna, Austria, on 13 July 2014. (EPA/Hans Punz)
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The sun sets behind the High Atlas on April 1 , 2014, seen from desert plains near the city of Errachidia. AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA
Out of Place in Morocco
[inset_left]The Arch and The ButterflyBy Mohammed AchaariTranslated by Aida Bamia324 pages Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, Doha: May 2014[/inset_left]It is a rather disappointing beginning: the narrator, a middle-aged, Left-leaning Moroccan journalist,...Caption:
Protesters wave Egyptian flags during a protest in Tahrir Square, Cairo, April 8, 2011. (Reuters)
Awakening to Pluralism after the Arab Spring
[inset_left]The Second Arab Awakening and the Battle for Pluralismby Marwan MuasherYale University Press, 232 pagesNew Haven, CT, 2014[/inset_left] London, Asharq Al-Awsat—For a couple of decades, the societies of the Middle East and North Africa seemed relatively...Caption:
An unidentified woman walks under an anti-US graffiti painted on the walls of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, November 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Rogue States and the Appeasement Industry
[inset_left]Dancing with the Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue RegimesBy Michael RubinEncounter Books, 426 pagesNew York, 2014[/inset_left] Just a few months ago, Secretary of State John Kerry was praising “our Russian partners” for their role in making a second...Caption:
Did the BBC help overthrow the Shah?
[inset_left]Persian Service: The BBC and British Interests in Iran By Annabelle Sreberny and Massoumeh Torfeh I.B.Tauris, 226 pages London 2014[/inset_left] “It’s all the work of the English!” Even when said in jest, for many Iranians this popular adage still has a...Caption:
T. E. Lawrence. (AP)