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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas holds a meeting. Photo: APAImages/Rex/Shutterstock
Middle East

The Dawn of the Third Intifada

Posted on March 2023 by Alex Greene

Recent coverage of Israel and Palestine has focused on the new Netanyahu government’s efforts to weaken Israel’s supreme court, expand settlements in the West B...

Global Issue/Middle East

Israel’s Campaign Against Palestinian Olive Trees

Posted on March 2023 by Layla Hedroug

“If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, their oil would become tears”– Mahmoud Darwish  Olive Oil and Life Olive trees have been a key ...

map of Iran and Israel
Essays/Spring Issue

Why did the Islamic Republic continue clandestine cooperation with Israel?

Posted on April 2022 by Rana Nejad

Abstract It is often believed that Iran’s Islamic Republic and the State of Israel became estranged after Ayatollah Khomeini arose to power during the Islamic R...

Comments/Middle East

An Emerging Catastrophe: Implications of Climate Change on the MENA region

Posted on January 2022 by Mahnoor Saleem

In recent years, the state of countries in the Middle East and Northern African (MENA) region have painted a disturbing picture of the world ragged with em...

Essays/Global Issue

Soldiers of God: The Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian Democracy

Posted on November 2021 by Mostafa El Sharkawy

This piece was published in the Global Issue Print Edition (Volume 12) Abstract The Muslim Brotherhood has been a constant of Egyptian and Middle Eastern politi...

Comments

Revisiting France’s Burqa Ban Through a Psychoanalytic Lens

Posted on December 2020 by Aarushi Sharma

In 2011, France passed the infamous bill that prohibited face-covering in public places. It implied a ban on the niqab for Muslim women as well. The burqa ban w...

Comments/Middle East

Mounting tensions in the Middle East Following U.S. Killing of High-ranking Iranian Military leader

Posted on February 2020 by Jamari O'Neal

Written by: Jamari O’Neal, Hampton University Qasseem Soleimani On Friday, January 3, 2020, missiles struck the Baghdad International Airport killing seve...

Comments/Spring Issue

The Relevance of Nation-States to the Study of the Middle East

Posted on March 2019 by admin

Written by Julie Geng Introduction The concept of the territorial state is not native to the Middle East, and most states have only gained independence in the l...

Campus

Yale Student heads Clean Energy Start-up in Egypt

Posted on September 2018 by admin

Image Caption: Deena Mousa’s (‘20) Shamsina brings clean energy security to Cairo families Since 2015, Deena Mousa (JE ‘20) has served as the founder and h...

Acheson Prize

Shaping Saddam: How the Media Mythologized A Monster — Honorable Mention

Posted on June 2018 by admin

This essay first appeared in the Acheson Prize 2018 Issue of the Yale Review of International Studies. Saddam Hussein was not involved in the terrorist attacks ...

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