By Omar Al-Hadithi ~
Mariam, 12 years old, raises her hand in a bright Najaf classroom to pose a question—not rote repetition, but because she is curious. Her teacher, Farah Abdulamir, smiles and nods...
SUZAN ILCAN, University of Waterloo and Seçil Daǧtaș, University of Waterloo - Since 2015, the Republic of Cyprus (ROC) has seen a steady rise in migrant arrivals and asylum applications, primarily from people...
Qatar is also witnessing a re-emergence of its oral and literary tradition with a new generation of story tellers redefine the cultural heritage of the nation. Taking the country's developed cultural heritage, social diversions, and new-found identity into account, these writers and storytellers are taking on the responsibility of preserving cultural memory and confronting today's audience. All this is being regarded as an amplified movement of storytelling with global reachability and local relevance.
Among such finest artists of this cultural renaissance are authors whose novels communicate identity, homeworld, and transformation in society. In realistic fiction of day-to-day life in Qatar, these authors depict a scenery of human life by way...
A decades-longabilis code of warfare is in the rearview mirror of Syria, having soared in breakneck velocity as a destination label for off-the-map nature...
Ali Mamouri, Deakin University ~ After 12 days of war, US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran that would bring to an end the most dramatic, direct conflict between the two nations in decades.
Israel and...
John Long, Flinders University - We think of ancient civilisations as operating very differently from the way our economy works today. Yet the Bronze Age Assyrians living in Mesopotamia, around 4,000 to 3,000 years ago, began the basis of modern capitalism, in a region spanning most of modern-day Iraq, eastern Syria and southeastern Turkey. The Assyrian empire was the root of what many scholars would now call “the West”.
Cuneiform writing, the oldest in the world, records evidence of credit,...
Brussels l Press Release
Today, at the occasion of the first ever High-Level Political Dialogue between the European Union and the Palestinian Authority, the Commission is proposing a multiannual Comprehensive Support Programme worth up to €1.6...
By Tamar Eliav ~
When disaster threatens—acid-scouring earthquake, hurricane-wreaking destroyer, or refugee flight—on the horizon, one of the first flags...
There's a growing trend among individuals seeking wellness without emptying their wallets. Many people believe that self-care and relaxation...
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