Mamdouh al-Muhainy

When Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq oil facilities came under attack, calls quickly emerged urging Riyadh to end its alliance with the United States. A similar chorus was heard after the Israeli strike on Doha, with voices demanding that Qatar reconsider its relationship with Washington. Yet in both cases,…

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has a knack for politics. He owes his political instincts to his layered character, his remarkable personal journey that took him from the leader of the al-Nusra Front to President of Syria in a few years, and a keen reader of the lessons of history. Sharaa has…

As Ahmad Al-Sharaa is inaugurated as Syria’s president, the country enters a new phase. Syria, which had endured years of coups—so much so that it was said Syrians could anticipate them before they happened due to the constant conflicts among military comrades—later transitioned into a Stalinist…

I arrived late at night for my first-ever dispatch from Damascus. It was pitch black and quiet as could be. Early in the morning, I stepped out of the hotel and was taken aback by the sheer number of people on the sidewalk. With this image, which remains etched in my memory, the Syrian people left…

Biden and his Democratic opponents are going through a period of discovering the other for who he really is. The first did not expect that they would be so unfaithful and ready to sacrifice and attack him, and they did not imagine that he would cling to power to this degree. The media tried to…

In my estimation, three categories of conspiracy theories shape our mindsets. Before listing them, we must understand what makes conspiratorial thinking so mesmerizing. It is a psychological mechanism that comforts the individual- or nation- by absolving them of responsibility and putting all the…

Despite the fact that ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in the suburbs of Moscow, many refuse to accept that they were behind it! The terrorists responsible have told us that they planned and executed the operation, and denialists say no they did not! This reminds me of the…

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has come under fire because of her recent comments about the failure of multiculturalism in Britain. Even the leader of her party, Rishi Sunak, has distanced himself from her remarks. One notable criticism amid this campaign was made by Dr. Shola Mos…

The visit of Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr FC and its star, Cristiano Ronaldo, to the Iranian capital, Tehran, carried dimensions beyond the football match that was played there. Thousands of Iranians who eagerly flocked to see the famous player and obtain his autograph countered the claims that…

Even though the generation I belong to has not experienced any colonial or religious wars, the political and religious culture is filled with ideas of colonization, occupation, and division as if the Arab world is still under the oppression of colonial invaders who plunder the wealth of nations,…