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Column: Letters from Istanbul
Updates on large and small developments from our Turkey correspondent Sonja Caymaz.
Turkey-based social gaming company looking to capitalise on online connectedness in the Middle East
While international gaming giants such as EA and Zynga turn to Western markets...
The changing face of Karaköy
You may come across a poster of Ayatollah Khomeini on your stroll around Istanbul’s Karaköy neighborhood.
Turkey loses pole position in motorsports
The Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit generates more income per event than any other sport, and has over 600 million viewers worldwide.
Turkey's growing art scene and the Istanbul biennial
Istanbul’s cultural tour de force, however, is not completely unrelated to Turkey’s growing economy, which has reflected heavily on its cultural expose.
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Naguib Mahfouz 100 years
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Columns
Eye on North Africa
Our Maghreb columnist William Bauer analyses and comments on politics, culture, economy, trending...
Algerian islamists accused of receiving funds from abroad
al-Medina wa al-Medina
The city, and the process of urbanism, has been a central vector in the Arab uprisings, however...
Public Squares and the Arab uprising
Midthought
Midthought confronts complicated conceptions of identity, politics, and nationality, aiming...
Party Like It’s Saudi
Arab Literature
Marcia Lynx Qualey is a Cairo-based writer and reader who runs a popular blog on Arab Literature,...
The capital of Arab comics: Algiers, Beirut, Cairo or Dubai?
Women of the Middle East
Bringing you the stories of strong, independent women as well as those who have no voice, this...
Comment: Women on the road to political leadership in Tunisia
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Features
Iraq battle pits oil against antiquities
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Rainbow Street in Amman's heart is abuzz again after posh 1920s-era homes were...
In Yemen, eating is a luxury millions struggle to afford
For almost half of Yemen's 22 million people, eating has become a luxury...
Opinion
"A guarantee that the West...is not seeking the overthrow of Iran’s leaders would have to be a key component of a nuclear compromise"
Mehdi Khalaji: The Ayatollah Contemplates Compromise
"The compelling moral case for a humanitarian intervention is increasingly being reinforced by sound raisons d’état."
Itamar Rabinovich: The Anarchy Factor in Syria
"The current situation in Yemen is a recipe for a prolonged political crisis"
Abdul Wasa Al-Saqqaf: Yemen after the presidential elections
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Image Of The Week: A Palestinian protestor holds a banner and a photo of a relative
Demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails outside the Massiyahu Prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, May 3. Israel has so far rejected all appeals lodged by the hunger strikers.
© Ahmad Gharabli - AFP/File
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