Trump’s tariffs are failing, but the old model won’t save us either | Business and Economy
On May 12, the United States and China announced that they are putting reciprocal tariffs on pause for 90 days. Some tariffs will be retained while…
Israel’s Gaza ‘disengagement’ that paved the way for conquest | Israel-Palestine conflict
In August 2005, the Israeli government officially withdrew from the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian coastal enclave it had occupied continuously since 1967. Apart from pulling…
Seventy-seven years after the Nakba, we are naming our new ruin | Israel-Palestine conflict
When my grandmother, Khadija Ammar, walked out of her home in Beit Daras for the last time in May 1948, she embarked on a lonely…
Medical professionals must speak out and act on Gaza now | Israel-Palestine conflict
I had closely followed the genocidal war in Gaza for nine months when an opportunity came around to volunteer as part of a medical mission…
India’s ‘new normal’ of perpetual war will damage its democracy | India-Pakistan Tensions
On May 12, two days after the announcement of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally addressed the nation. He…
Is Trump abandoning Israel? Not really | Israel-Palestine conflict
United States President Donald Trump descends on Tuesday on the Middle East for a regional tour that will begin in Saudi Arabia and include stops in…
India tried to project strength but ended up showing weakness | India-Pakistan Tensions
On May 10, United States President Donald Trump announced a “full and immediate” ceasefire between India and Pakistan brokered by his administration. US media reported…
What the Christians of the Holy Land expect from Pope Leo XIV | Israel-Palestine conflict
Many Christians of the Holy Land rejoiced at the election of Pope Leo XIV as the successor to Saint Peter. Many of us hope that…
My nephew asks if he will eat meat only in heaven. I struggle to answer | Israel-Palestine conflict
When on March 2, we heard all crossings into Gaza were closed, we thought it would not last more than two weeks. We really wanted…
As India strikes Pakistan, I mourn what we’ve truly lost | India-Pakistan Tensions
On the night of May 6, India went to bed. In the morning, we were at war. When I woke up on Wednesday at about…
As the conclave gathers, let debt justice be Pope Francis’s legacy | Religion
Pope Francis was never drawn to pomp or grandeur. He asked to be buried in a simple casket, and his burial was held not in…
Eastern Europe bets on Trump – but at what cost? | Opinions
Eastern Europe’s love affair with Trump runs deep – but economic fallout may soon cool the romance.Despite Donald Trump’s fraying popularity at home, there is…
Harvard talks free speech but silences Palestine | Education
My sister was standing with a few other students under the dim glow of Harvard Yard’s old lampposts, casually smoking and chatting. “Oh, you’re Palestinian?”…
Palestine and the decline of the US empire | Israel-Palestine conflict
It has been 19 months now since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza. The International Court of Justice is investigating a “plausible genocide”,…
Canada’s myth of unity | Politics
Canada is a haven for pleasing myths. One agreeable caricature popular these days is of a land and a people united in happy solidarity to…
Israel bombs Yemen’s Hodeidah port after attack near Tel Aviv | Politics News
Air strikes come a day after the Iran-aligned Houthis fired a missile that struck near Israel’s main airport.The Israeli military says it has carried out…
Fear and intimidation at Newark airport | Israel-Palestine conflict
I am no stranger to political repression and censorship. I have lived in Germany for five years now, and as a Palestinian journalist involved in…
How do you keep going in Gaza when everything tells you to stop? | Israel-Palestine conflict
Before the war, my life was simple. Like many young women in Gaza, I carried within me a mixture of ambition and anxiety. My dream…
No, Trump is not a fascist. He is a hypercapitalist and just as dangerous | Politics
Since taking office in January, United States President Donald Trump has undertaken policy after policy that has shocked Americans and the world. From launching an…
We must not let the memory and value of solidarity with refugees be erased | Refugees
I moved to Lesbos in 2001. This was nearly 80 years after my grandmother had arrived from Ayvalik on this same island as a nine-year-old…