I truly recommend watching this episode of ‘Empire’ by Al Jazeera’s Marwan Bishara – this time on modern Turkey, its…

This is an extremely impressive map of Israeli settlements in the West Bank indicating also the Separation Barrier. One does…

Source: Der Spiegel International

One cannot miss the site of this amazing woman, Manal al-Sherif, who in defiance for the traditional rules of conduct in…

The Gulf region has proven to be one of the fastest developing areas in the world with enormous wealth and…

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatar’s Emir meeting  Israel’s PM Ehud Olmert in Paris, Jul 2008. Source: LIFE Qatar,…

Dr Adam Hanieh, lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University…

This incredible map was created by Gary Sick of the Gulf 2000 Initiative at the Columbia University. I have recently come…

Water scarcity, although a relatively low priority, is still a concern for the Middle Eastern security agenda. Gulf states in…

These very interesting maps of the Arab Spring have been put together by Phillipe Rekacewicz, the in-house cartographer of Le…