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The lazy convenience of social media, masked as time-saving “efficiency,” has laid off the desperate need for deep-root...

You don't know as much as you think: How skimming headlines fuels misinformation

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You don't know as much as you think: How skimming headlines fuels misinformation

During the recent war, the Western and some Arab media focused on Dubai in an attempt to distort the most prominent Gul...

Where is Dubai headed?... and the dreams of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid

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Where is Dubai headed?... and the dreams of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid

It is said that man is an enemy of what he does not know. It is also said that the more we learn, the more we realize h...

Elif Shafak’s novel

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Elif Shafak’s novel

“The relationship between Kuwait and Iraq is strong and unshakeable. Whoever harbors ill intentions towards either of u...

Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef ... blessed be your actions ... Iraq is our neighbor, and we share a history

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Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef ... blessed be your actions ... Iraq is our neighbor, and we share a history

Countries around the world differ significantly in their approaches to a citizen’s desire to change their first, middle...

Lineage, affiliation and changing surnames

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Lineage, affiliation and changing surnames

The statement of US President Donald Trump that he will not allow Iran to bully the region and the efforts of Washingto...

Gulf states are more important to China and Russia than Iran

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Gulf states are more important to China and Russia than Iran

With ongoing conflict in the Middle East, many people ask themselves: “Is it normal to feel fear right now?” The answer...

Feeling anxious during regional conflict: Is it normal?

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Feeling anxious during regional conflict: Is it normal?

The Arab world changed drastically within a century. Countries that were once considered strong, stable, and enjoying d...

What caused some Arab states to get closer to collapse?

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What caused some Arab states to get closer to collapse?

Nothing is surprising in the Houthi statements. Since 2011, we have grown accustomed to this kind of screaming borne ou...

Help the Yemeni people rise up against their Houthi oppressors

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Help the Yemeni people rise up against their Houthi oppressors

The Anglo-French rivalry can be considered the most famous in history. It was a fierce cultural, colonial, and military...

The Anglo-French love-hate relationship

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The Anglo-French love-hate relationship

The world and I will soon celebrate the 150th anniversary of your birth. Although we never met, you have been with me e...

The dear immortal Willis

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The dear immortal Willis

Farmers put scarecrows in their fields to frighten birds and prevent them from damaging the crops. After the assassinat...

The Iranian Supreme Leader in hiding is nothing but a scarecrow

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The Iranian Supreme Leader in hiding is nothing but a scarecrow

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