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May 30, 2023
The Lost Worlds of Anton Shammas’s “Arabesques”
A new translation of the 1988 novel documents not only the loss and exile created by the Nakba but also the loss and exile created by occupation.
Raja Shehadeh
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May 23, 2023
After 12 Years, Syria Joins the Arab League
Will regional reconciliation provide a chance for de-escalation and end a damaging civil war?
Helena Cobban
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May 23, 2023
The Diplomatic Wins at the Heart of China’s Ascendancy
Its diplomatic feat of restoring relations in the Middle East reflects less its position as a rising power than the startling decline of American regional credibility.
Juan Cole
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May 15, 2023
100 Years of Palestinian Popular Resistance
Even among many sympathetic partisans of the Palestinian struggle, a narrative of victimhood prevails. But how we regard our past and present is a choice.
Nasreen Abd Elal
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May 15, 2023
Reflections on the 75th Anniversary of a Nakba That Never Ended
In the decades since the event Palestinians know as “the Catastrophe,” dispossession has become a timeless theme of the Palestinian experience.
Mohammed El-Kurd
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May 12, 2023
Kevin McCarthy Tried to Cancel a Discussion on Palestine. Rashida Tlaib Had It Anyway.
Tlaib and a growing number of House Democrats are pushing to open up the debate about Middle East policy in Congress. But it’s not easy.
John Nichols
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May 11, 2023
My Cousin Shireen Abu Akleh Was Killed a Year Ago. No Justice Has Been Served.
Despite relentless pressure from my family, the Biden administration has done nothing to hold Israel accountable for Shireen’s killing.
Jennifer Zacharia
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May 8, 2023
Jeffrey Epstein, Harvard Man
Why a horrific criminal found elite universities so congenial.
Jeet Heer
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May 2, 2023
There Is No Winning in Modern Warfare
The US military may have achieved just one success of any significance since 1945—despite becoming the best-funded institution in this country.
Tom Engelhardt
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April 26, 2023
Israel Is Throwing a 75th Birthday Party. Palestinians Have Little to Celebrate.
While Israelis hail the 75th anniversary of their country’s founding, Palestinians are preparing to mark 75 years of brutal oppression.
Rashid Khalidi