The ‘Arab spring’ and the west: seven lessons from history
0 CommentsDrawing on the British Pathé archive, Seumas Milne picks out the recurrent themes of imperial efforts to control the Middle East... Read more
Damascus on the Edge
A young writer in Damascus shares observations about the uprising in Syria... Read more
Amman without Maani
The mayor of Amman oversees an organization that is in effect a mini state, with tens of thousands of employees and a budget that runs into the hundreds of millions of dinars. Omar Maani held the coveted position for nearly half a decade. What got done in that time... Read more