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The Arab world no longer dismisses environmentalism as a western luxury and is gradually awakening to the massive environmental challenges.
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Despite its reputation for war and violence, there is more to Sudan than meets the West's eye.
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Muammar Gaddafi and Silvio Berlusconi have something in common: delusions of grandeur that keep them desperately holding on to the reins of power.
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Reactions to apartheid South Africa differed across the Arab world and were coloured both by anti-colonial solidarity and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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From the man literally blinded by horrors to the girl whose dream is to read books, we meet the Syrian Kurds fleeing the ISIS onslaught on Kobani.
View ArticleTaxing questions about democracy in the Middle East
In the Middle East, there appears to be a link between autocracy and low taxes. Would higher taxation lead to greater representation or repression?
View ArticleBeyond the Arab winter
As the Middle East stumbles perilously close to its own "world war", seeds of change are already sprouting hopes of a better century ahead.
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The folly of the Arab world’s nuclear enery dream
By Khaled Diab Investing in nuclear energy makes no economic, geostrategic or environmental sense in the Arab world. Renewables will provide the only sunny future. Friday 10 June 2016 Barack Obama’s...
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Sisi’s fridge and Egypt’s frosty economy
By Khaled Diab A gaffe by Egypt’s president about his refrigerator reveals just how much Egyptians have cooled towards Sisi and his chilling economics. A sneak peak inside Sisi’s fridge. Monday 7...
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The clash between realpolitik and principled politics
By Khaled Diab The contrast between the red card from protesters and the red carpet from officials that greeted Mohammed bin Salman on his world tour highlights the growing global battle between a...
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Can the new heroes of net zero save the climate?
From countries and corporations to fossil fuel producers and steakhouses, almost everyone is pledging to reach net-zero emissions. But meeting these promises would require a Planet B to offset Planet...
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View ArticleAre we now ‘friends’ of al-Qaeda in Libya?
By Badra Djait Belgium was one of the ‘Friends of Libya’ in Paris. But does the prime minister realise that these Libyan ‘friends’ include a former al-Qaeda fighter? Wednesday 14 September 2011...
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The Arabs, apartheid South Africa and Israel
By Khaled Diab Reactions to apartheid South Africa differed across the Arab world and were coloured both by anti-colonial solidarity and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nelson Mandela with troops from the...
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The Syrian Kurd who went blind because he’d seen too much
By Boštjan Videmšek From the man literally blinded by horrors to the girl whose dream is to read books, we meet the Syrian Kurds fleeing the ISIS onslaught on Kobani. A Kurdish boy in a mosque in...
View ArticleTaxing questions about democracy in the Middle East
By Khaled Diab In the Middle East, there appears to be a link between autocracy and low taxes. Would higher taxation lead to greater representation or repression? Tuesday 18 August 2015 The only...
View ArticleBeyond the Arab winter
By Khaled Diab As the Middle East stumbles perilously close to its own “world war”, seeds of change are already sprouting hopes of a better century ahead. Tuesday 10 November 2015 The fate of the...
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The folly of the Arab world’s nuclear enery dream
By Khaled Diab Investing in nuclear energy makes no economic, geostrategic or environmental sense in the Arab world. Renewables will provide the only sunny future. Friday 10 June 2016 Barack Obama’s...
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Sisi’s fridge and Egypt’s frosty economy
By Khaled Diab A gaffe by Egypt’s president about his refrigerator reveals just how much Egyptians have cooled towards Sisi and his chilling economics. A sneak peak inside Sisi’s fridge. Monday 7...
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