Opinion

Houthi leader, Mohammad Ali al-Houthi, gestures to supporters in Sanaa
The Yemeni stalemate: is there a way out?
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Helen Lackner
Television became a government mouthpiece
The banality of political analysts
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Karam Nama
Palestinians fleeing with their belongings after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders, in Khan Younis
We’re All Palestinians Now
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Juan Cole
'What remains is not a state but the shadow of one, and within that emptiness, instability breeds'
Syria, a state in name only
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Yassin K. Fawaz
Mourners sit next to dead bodies during the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike
An open letter to the Israelis: Rise and save the soul of your country
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Alon Ben-Meir
Damascus
The need for a vision to inspire Arabs of the mashreq
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James J. Zogby
Erbil has suffered from a severe water crisis, worsened by climate change and a decline in groundwater levels
Erbil water project… between serving the people and affirming Kurdish rights
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Mohanad Mahmoud Shawqi
Public trust in the media has eroded
Who owns Arab Media? The answer is simple
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Karam Nama
US President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa May 14 in Riyadh
Making ‘terrorism’ a meaningless word
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Caitlin Johnstone
Activists in Rio de Janeiro hold a banner that reads Stop the genocide in Gaza, during a protest to demand an immediate ceasefire in the region and the urgent entry of humanitarian aid for the Palestinians
Genocide made invisible
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Norman Solomon
Demonstrators hold signs as they protest US President President Donald Trumps visit to a migrant detention center, dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, located in Ochopee, Florida
Trump’s immigration plan is a human and economic disaster
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Alon Ben-Meir
70% of Gazans say that their homes have been totally destroyed
Israel’s impact on Palestinians must be addressed
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James J. Zogby
The nature of discourse in the Arab media today is almost identical to that of thirty years ago
Repeating old journalistic mistakes in the digital age
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Karam Nama
Iranian flag
If it wants, Iran is days from the bomb
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Scott Ritter
Late Haitham El-Zobaidi, a man of wisdom
My father, the wise owl
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Omar El-Zobaidi
Late Dr Haitham El-Zobaidi (L), CEO of Al Arab Publishing House and a believer in freedom and the genuineness of Arab identity
Dr Haitham El-Zobaidi, never loud but a man of consequence
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Iman Zayat
Dr Haitham El-Zobaidi was the chairman of the UK-based Al Arab Publishing House
My father, the voice of our people
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Dunia El-Zobaidi
The Iranians are putting all other proxies on the table for negotiation
Iran’s crown jewel
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Haitham El-Zobaidi
Houthi supporters demonstrate to condemn US strikes in Yemen
Yemen’s mountains are not insurmountable
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Salem AlKetbi
BCIJ security forces at the headquarters of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations in Sale
Morocco's war on terrorism continues unabated
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Saad Guerraoui
From the first day Netanyahu rose to power in 1996, he vowed to undermine the Oslo Accords, and swore to never allow the establishment of a Palestinian state under his watch
Trashing Jewish values risks Israel’s survival as we know it
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Alon Ben-Meir
Syrians demonstrate in support of the Syrian government in Aleppo
The Syrian patient
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Haitham El-Zobaidi
A flag bearing a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah waves during the funeral on February 28, 2025 of 95 Hezbollah fighters and civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes during hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah
Nasrallah’s orphans
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Haitham El-Zobaidi
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman
Saudi rise amid a tired Arab world
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Haitham El-Zobaidi
There is no escaping the alarming evidence that the rise of antisemitism will continue to escalate as long as the suppression of the Palestinians persists
The alarming rise of antisemitism
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Alon Ben-Meir
If Trump is allowed to pursue his disastrous agenda, he will not make America great again
Trump is not making America great again, he is dismantling America’s greatness brick by brick
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Alon Ben-Meir
The recent AI agreement is another chapter in the rich history between France and the UAE
UAE’s bold AI partnership with France
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Haitham El-Zobaidi
"has done nothing but use and abuse its people to serve its militant agenda"
Can Hamas redeem itself?
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Alon Ben-Meir
UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan talks to KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in Abu Dhabi
Emirati inspiration for Iraqi Kurdistan
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Haitham El-Zobaidi
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa
The Herculean task facing the new Syrian government
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Alon Ben-Meir