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From escalation to isolation: Iran’s strategic unravelling in a rebalancing world

It took less than a month for the US-Israel war on Iran to erupt into a crisis of staggering magnitude — one now threatening to destabilize entire economies and...

Aysha Taryam

There’s no pride in prejudice

We are all enormously worried as democratic sanity is being torn apart with impunity by the exploitative power of the politics of prejudice. A lot of people have been...

Shaadaab S. Bakht

From the page

Books have always been a big source of material for film and television, and right now adaptations seem to be everywhere. This week we are looking at why Hollywood...

Sarah Taryam

Poetic resistance

At the end of last month, celebrations of the life and works of Palestine’s national poet Mahmoud Darwish were organised by Paris’s Pompidou Centre and the Arab World Institute....

Michael Jansen

Fatima Almheiri

Fatima Almheiri

Fatima has always been passionate about mental health. She has a Bachelors in International Studies with a minor in Psychology. She joined the With Hope UAE volunteer group in 2019 and she is currently head of communications.

Saibal Chatterjee

Saibal Chatterjee

Indian national award-winning film critic

Meena Janardhan

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

Latino voters are the new swing voters
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Latino voters are the new swing voters

Almost as soon as next month’s elections are over, arguments will begin about the lessons and implications for 2028. But one conclusion is already undeniable: Latinos are America’s new...

Trump depression remark elicits response

Trump depression remark elicits response

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Trade war pushes lemonade prices higher

Trade war pushes lemonade prices higher

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Trump overruns unvaccinated GOP elephant

Trump overruns unvaccinated GOP elephant

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Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure

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Libraries claim original Data Center role

Libraries claim original Data Center role

30 Sep 2026