Jumah Boukleb

Jumah Boukleb

On 2025

This new year brings nothing new. The weight of other days, weeks and months is quickly coming and stacking up over what came before. The only exception is that current US President Joe Biden will exit the stage permanently on January 20, 2025, making way for the arrival of a man who has been…

On Neutrality, Objectivity, and Nations

However different their opinions, ideas, and stances on public or international issues, objectivity remains a fundamental principle that unites all analysts, columnists, and commentators. This principle demands that each and every one of them be careful to avoid ever projecting their sentiments and…

Gaza War Casts Shadow Over US Election

The American people and the rest of the world will know which candidate will win the presidential election in just a few days. To an outside observer, it seems that the Earth has stopped turning in anticipation of the results of this election. Most of the reporting in the US on the November 5…

An Autumn of America’s Rage

Why is it that we disagree on when autumn begins when compared to the other three seasons? Is it because autumn has unique characteristics that are not found in other seasons? Or is it because, despite also being the season of plowing and sowing, autumn has unfairly been singled out as a metaphor…

Britain: The Government Changed, but The Crises Remained

The confusion that has plagued British Conservative governments since 2016, the year of the Brexit referendum, has not abated. In fact, it continues even after a Labor government came to power. A quick glance at media reports offers a rather bleak picture of the situation: the ongoing crisis of…

Trump's Horses Are Coming. It’s Inevitable

If American movies and series are associated with thrills and excitement, American presidential elections are no less thrilling and exciting. The difference between the two is that the thrills of the former are fictional, created by the suspense of stories. The thrills of American elections, on the…

Trump… Is Not Going Anywhere

Traveling on a ship that hardly fits all the people crammed into it, over turbulent waters amid poor weather conditions, one could get used to the seasickness with time, patiently enduring the discomfort. The passenger might even catch the virus of indifference. Suddenly, however, a wild storm hits…

In the Second Half of 2024

The first half of 2024 bid us farewell a few days ago. If I could, I would have thrown seven stones behind it, as Libyans used to do after intolerable guests left their homes, in the hope that they would never return. Now, our world is beginning to tread towards the second half. The year 2024 has…

Britain: Will Sunak Pay the Price for the Defeat?

The mayoral and council elections in England and Wales ended last Thursday, and the results aligned with pollsters’ projections that the ruling Conservative Party would suffer a significant defeat. Quickly and confidently, the opposition Labour Party climbed over the Conservatives’ shoulders and…

On the Day After the Gaza War Ends

The Israeli occupation forces’ genocide in Gaza has been ongoing for over three months now. It stands out from those that preceded it in that it has sparked global attention after the world had been oblivious to what was happening in that region, which was the victim of continuous mass brainwashing…