Samir Atallah

With Kuwait’s emergence as an independent state in 1966, three pioneering forces emerged whose ambitions exceeded the resources at hand. The first was an emerging, highly ambitious press, working with rudimentary presses yet driven by diverse professional voices and experience. At the same time…

In 1958, as he proclaimed the union of Egypt and Syria, Gamal Abdel Nasser declared that Syria was the beating heart of Arabism. At that moment, Syria, the union, and Arabism itself were closer than ever to that truth. What followed has been told and retold, and explained in countless ways. …

Across the world, an unprecedented, and almost inexplicable, phenomenon is spreading: a language of violence and recklessness, especially in countries that pride themselves on “refinement” and the “rule of law.” This loss of restraint has reached astonishing levels, in both conservative and liberal…

For three days now, Artemis II has been on its flight around the Moon, signaling the return of crewed missions to that enchanting orbit, fifty years after the first astonishment. Half a century on, humanity is still circling restlessly among the planets, searching for a drop of water on Mars or a…

In the summer of 1971, the world was boiling, as usual. Suddenly, a dangerous secret was revealed: the US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, was “undergoing treatment” in the city of Islamabad. But for what illness? For the “China illness.” It would reshape the strategic balance of the world…

Lebanon enjoys many advantages that other countries are deprived of, most important of which is that it is the country with the greatest number of political crimes, especially those in which the perpetrator remains unknown. Like everything else, the victims were from all sects, beliefs, and levels…

Both sides have been using the exact same language since entering the logic of war. The balance of power is completely unequal, but it's not the traditional balance here: America threatens a war in Iran, and Iran threatens wars outside its territories. America pushes with the force of missiles the…

What are the elements of a failed state? We can list a hundred reasons, but one is always enough: the economy! Without a healthy economy, we cannot afford security, which is the second element. Without security, there is no education, without education, there is no progress, without progress,…

When US President's son-in-law Jared Kushner spoke about a new "Riviera" project in Gaza, people thought the man was joking. But last February, the president himself spoke about the project. While Gaza was being crushed time after time, Donald Trump held a press conference in which he explained the…

Once again, diplomacy is seen as a better solution than war. This is evident in both Iran and Greenland, where diplomatic solutions are prioritized over...