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ONLINE Only: Ankara’s Proxy

"Why would a country that is both an ally of the United States and Nato as well as an aspiring member of the European Union brazenly declare its solidarity with a terrorist

July 26, 2010

Dispatches·Islam·Israel·Judaism·Middle East

ONLINE Only: Time to Stop Pawning the Palestinians

By hijacking the Palestinian cause, the non-Arab world has perpetuated the conflict for its own regional standing. The Arab world must reclaim it There was a time when it was accurate to

July 21, 2010

Features·Iran·Israel·Middle East

ONLINE Only: The Mavi Marmara Metaphor

The Gaza flotilla incident tells us much about the state of the alliance between Islamists and leftists in Europe

July 6, 2010

Features·Iran·Israel·Middle East

The Honorary Ottoman

Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis

June 22, 2010

Books·Faith·Iran·Islam·Israel·Literature·Middle East

The Answer Lies in the Soil

The Making of the British Landscape by Francis Pryor

June 22, 2010

Books·Literature

Jottings of a Journeyman

The Lost Books of The Odyssey by Zachary Mason

June 22, 2010

Books·Literature

A Tale of Two Presidents

'In the Old World, a leader is criticised — and quits — for being too emotional. In the New World, a leader is criticised for not being emotional enough'

June 22, 2010

European Eye·Germany·Obama·Politics·US Politics

Life, Synthia, But Not as we Know It

The latest work on synthetic cell creation by Craig Venter raises serious questions about bioethics

June 22, 2010

Cosmos·Science·Technology

Tajikistan: In Search of the Yeti

'The Tajiks are unnervingly friendly. They take the Islamic injunction of hospitality with grave seriousness. The hungry often sacrifice their only cow for a backpacker with a camera, and the regime has

June 22, 2010

Dispatches·Eastern Europe·Russia

Bahrain: Women Drivers Welcome Here

'Hadija laughs as she describes how Saudi women, once over the bridge connecting Saudi Arabia to Bahrain, elbow their husbands out of the driving seat to take command of the wheel.'

June 22, 2010

Dispatches·Faith·Gender·Islam·Middle East·Social Affairs

Nabokov in Berlin

'Perhaps tying works of art to their originating topography is vulgar and needs to be kept discreet. But history needs Nabokov. During the artistically formative years, he lived here in the 1920s

June 22, 2010

Critique·Germany·Literature·Russia

No Brits in Basra

British businesses are nowhere to be seen in Iraq, unlike the companies of those countries that opposed the war

June 22, 2010

Counterpoints·Defence·Developing World·Iraq·UK Politics

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