Opinion | Historicity of Heliopolis: Urban memory, greenery and the cycles of a neighbourhood
Official accounts trace the word Korba to La Courbe—a reference to the…
Opinion | Wait of the Union: West Bank roads expand while EU stalls on Palestinian statehood
Europe increasingly recognises Palestinian statehood as a political objective while watching the…
Opinion | The 49th Parallel: US-Canada Tariffs and the Complexity of Buying “Local”
In 1930, the United States enacted the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, prompting Canada…
Opinion | Quartet Questions: What the Makkah Pact Means for the R4
The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan…
Opinion | Passe-Partout Paradox: Airport Digitisation and the Politics of Recognition
Bedoon—Arabic for ‘without’—refers to communities in parts of the Gulf who live…
Opinion | Bride of the Sands: El Obeid and the Future of Atrocity Prevention
El Obeid is emerging as a critical test of the international community's…
Opinion | The Riverine Cradle: Nubia’s Heritage amid Hydrosocial Adaptation
On the seventh day of the seventh month, World Nubia Day celebrates…
Opinion | Dividends and Divides: Appraising the Social Aspect of Egypt’s New Fiscal Budget
In the coming weeks, a new two-pound coin and revised one-pound coin…
Opinion | The Helsinki Mirage: Why Security Pacts Do Not Necessarily Travel Well
Contemporary strategic thinking has a tendency to seek answers everywhere except in…
Opinion | Corniche Contemplations
Following the collapse of the Ptolemaic dynasty, Roman documents referred to Alexandria…