Jumah Boukleb

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…