Columns

Women of the Middle East

• The most dangerous myths about women and war
• Naked activism – is it too much?
• VIDEO: Iranian women's fight against the hijab

A changing Iran?

• Iran's last minute players
• Press TV reporter too sexy for the Islamic Republic
• 10 minutes with Shirin Ebadi

Middle East oil & gas

• Time to make up – why Turkey should cooperate with Cyprus
• Kuwait’s primary source of state revenue in danger
• Time for Oman to capitalize on its unique colonial past

Arab Literature

• Samah Edriss on the closing of Al Adab magazine (at least for now)
• Ten favorite Arabic novels…ever
• Formerly banned graphic novel ‘Metro’ now available in Cairo

Insight Saudi Arabia

• Renewable energy in Saudi Arabia
• Interview with Saudi director and actress Ahd Kamel
• Making waves – diving brings communities together in Saudi Arabia

Eye on North Africa

• Tunisia's draft constitution is born!
• Disappointed revolutionaries
• Interview with Tunisian calligraffitist El Seed

America and the Middle East

• INTERVIEW: Trita Parsi on Iran-US relations
• Why did the US change its mind about Western Sahara?
• The ties that bind Obama to Bush run across the Middle East

Letters from Istanbul

• Istanbul’s Tarlabasi – a symbol of urban renewal
• Istanbul – portrait of an ever-changing city
• A family tradition eroded by modernity

al-Medina wa al-Medina

• A new urban consciousness in the Arab world?
• The foundations of democracy: Egyptian urban action
• Urbicide in Syria

Kalimat

• A digital revolution in film has arrived in the Arab world
• Which is your favourite Arabic song?
• Kalimat's music playlist

Between East and West

• The great Arab traveler Ibn Battuta: a cultural chauvinist and impostor?
• Ravid Kahalani's Yemen Blues: Songs from the Brotherhood of Man
• Muhammad Asad: A Jewish Lawrence of Arabia

Midthought

• Party like it’s Saudi
• Historical amnesia: Israel has forgotten where it came from
• Photo Essay: Ordinary Lives in Jordan, Israel and Palestine

Mid East Musings

• Algeria – Middle East’s next revolt if football is a barometer
• The Shia-Sunni divide: Tunnel vision prevails
• International sanctions and football: Iran feels the psychological impact

War & Peace

• Israel versus America versus Iran
• Revolution in a vacuum
• Islam’s European Hope

Green News

• Hashish field wars between soldiers and Lebanon’s locals
• Enforcing smoke-free workplaces in Jordan
• Don’t read this if you love shisha