The region’s food is a great complement to wine, especially all that red-wine friendly grilled spiced meat SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: FIONA BECKETT However you define the Middle East geographically, we’re not talking about a dominant wine culture compared with the likes of France or Spain. True, Lebanon and Turkey have historic wine-growing traditions, but … Continued
SOURCE: NEWSTATESMAN BY: RUQAYA IZZIDIEN What do General al-Hamar – literally, and presumably unknowingly, General the Donkey – of Yasmin Porter’s The Sheikh’s Reluctant Bride, and the “barbarian” Zoltan Al Farouk bin Shamal from Duty and the Beast have in common? Yes, they are both part of what I’m calling the sexy sheikh subgenre; a branch of literature which inexplicably took off … Continued
“I want to show that a color, an accessory, a behavior, or a lifestyle cannot and should not define our gender identity.” SOURCE: STEP FEED BY: LEYAL KHALIFE Lipstick is for women, suits are for men. Pink is for girls, blue is for boys… Over the decades, social norms have led people to believe that … Continued
SOURCE: NEWSWEEK BY: TOM O’CONNOR The next war in the Middle East could be fought over water as Iraq, Syria and Turkey scramble to assert claims to two vital rivers that run through the region, according to a new report. Nabil al-Samman, a Syrian expert on international waters, made the case for an upcoming “water war” in an … Continued
By: Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer Prince William just ended his visit to Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. His trip is considered to be historic by the world because it was the first time a member of the British royal family stepped onto Israeli/Palestinian lands. Even before he started packing his bags, he was already judged … Continued
SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL POLICY DIGEST BY: JAMES DORSEY Nothing in a swath of land stretching from the Atlantic coast of Africa to China is undisputed. Food is often emblematic of disputes over identity, history and political claims that underlie an arc of crisis wracked by ethnic and religious conflict; clamour for political, economic, social, national and … Continued
SOURCE: CBS DETROIT Story Hoodline — In search of a new favorite Middle Eastern spot? We crunched the numbers to find the top Middle Eastern restaurants around Detroit, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to find shawarma, falafel and more. 1. 2941 Street Food PHOTO: 2941 STREET FOOD/YELP … Continued
SOURCE: COUNTERPUNCH BY: CESAR CHELALA President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the deal with Iran creates, unnecessarily, a new source of tension in a region besieged by conflicts. Given the level of legal troubles that President Trump is facing now, his decision could be based to some extent in creating the conditions to … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Called by the Persians the ‘golden seeds of the sun’ and once a favoured aphrodisiac food in the Court of James I, apricots are one of the earliest fruits known to man. Some even believe that they were possibly the ‘apples’ in the Garden of Eden. Through the centuries, … Continued
SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST BY: FAREED ZAKARIA There’s a lot to be optimistic about today. In almost every part of the world, economies are growing and war, poverty and disease are receding. But then there is the Middle East. Syria remains a collapsed country; more than 5 million of its people have already fled. Yemen is now the site … Continued
SOURCE: UCLA NEWSROOM BY: JAMES GELVIN James Gelvin is a professor of modern Middle Eastern history at UCLA. This column originally appeared in the Conversation. It’s always dangerous to make predictions about the Middle East. After all, few experts foresaw Anwar al-Sadat’s trip to Jerusalem in 1977, which led to the first peace treaty between Israel and an … Continued
SOURCE: THE JORDAN TIMES Of the many fascinating reports in Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” book on the Donald Trump White House, perhaps most troubling for Americans and for the world were the new insights into how the United States today shapes its Middle East policies. After spending the last three months in the US and interacting … Continued
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