This week’s post is a little different to what I usually publish, but an issue caught my attention a few days ago that I...

Since September last year, the already precarious power balance in the Middle East together has fractured even further, with catastrophic consequences for the civilian...

Following a campaign epitomized by divisive rhetoric, political maneuvering and media manipulation that would have felt perfectly at home on the set of House...

Built as the new capital for the once powerful Muslim empire of the Fatimids, Cairo has provided a potent symbol of Egypt’s rich history...

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu—who bypassed the White House in accepting House Speaker John A. Boehner’s invitation to address Congress on Iran’s nuclear programme—proceeded...

Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda affiliated Islamist group that has wreaked havoc in the war torn nation of Somalia over the last decade, has kept a...

Two videos, from two very different perspectives, caught my attention this week. In the first, 13-year-old Mohammed Tuaiman documents his life in Ma’rib Province,...

American Sniper represents the latest stage in a long history of violence and Islamophobia in Hollywood cinema