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On May 23, two months after the country was scheduled to leave the EU, the UK will take part in the European elections unless Britain negotiates a Brexit deal before May 22. Britain’s two main parties are facing serious competition from brand new and much smaller Europhobic and Europhilic par...
Sarajevo by Omar El-Nagdi (1931-2019) $1,145,000
Sarajevo (1992) by Omar El-Nagdi. (Image from Christie’s)
Omar El-Nagdi is a multifaceted master of calligraphy, expressionism, abstract art, making him one of the most celebrated contemporary Egyptian artists. His paintings touch on ...
The British political system has never looked more broken. While the Iraq war, the 2008 financial crisis, and the 2009 MP's expenses scandal were all major shocks to the system, the damage they did to undermine public trust in politicians pales in comparison to the damage currently unraveling a...
Kurdistan was erased from the world's maps after World War I when the victorious powers drew up the borders of the modern Middle East, denying the Kurds a nation-state despite being the region’s largest ethnic group. More than twenty million Kurds live in parts of Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria....
This week was supposed to mark the ceremonial debut of “the largest and most efficient twin-engine jet in the world”- Boeing’s new long-haul 777X jetliner. Instead, the American aerospace’s plans were thrown into disarray and its share prices fell by 15% after its new Boeing 737 Max 8 jet cras...
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Protests raged for a second week against the country’s ailing and absent president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, whose decision to run for a fifth term has infuriated Algerians and sparked the largest anti-government crowds in over 30 years.
In defiance of the biggest and most impassioned displa...
Climate change, by altering the world’s physical and ecological landscape, is also changing its geopolitical landscape. Recent years have witnessed the outbreak of multiple wars in some of the hottest and driest regions on earth, leading to increasing suggestions that climate change will be an ...
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Born in Paris to Tunisian parents, eL Seed consciously uses Arabic calligraphy and a distinctive style to spread messages of peace, unity and to underline the commonalities of human existence. His artwork can be found all over the world and consistently aims at unifying communities and redr...
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As the U.S. prepares to eradicate a small remaining ISIS force in eastern Syria, stories have emerged of regretful Americans and European Muslim women looking to return home. With more than 1,000 European ISIS prisoners detained in northern Syria by US-aligned PKK forces, and US President D...
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While much of the Gulf region might be dominated by a panorama of towering skyscrapers and some of the most opulent five-star hotels, there remains one Arabian gem that can reconnect you with the rich and diverse heritage and traditions of a civilization that stretches back thousands of yea...
