Suleiman Jawda

Among the supplications frequently repeated by preachers from mosque pulpits is this prayer: “O God, destroy the oppressors by means of the oppressors, and bring us safely out from among them.” It is a prayer that fosters an extraordinary degree of passivity, encourages an unnatural kind of…

Despite the darkness that fills the skies of the region and the world, a faint light can sometimes appear in the distance, drawing us closer to hope than to despair. One such light came from Iraq, when the Sadrist Movement, led by Muqtada al-Sadr, announced that it was handing over its military…

Looking at the newspapers on display at a newsstand, my eyes fell on a copy of an old issue of the Kuwaiti magazine Al-Arabi that generations have grown up with since its launch in 1958. I remember how it used to be sold in the Egyptian market for one and a quarter pounds, meaning that the…

The government in Tehran must surely find itself deeply embarrassed as it reads, along with the rest of us, that US President Donald Trump postponed a return to striking Iran in response to requests from several Gulf leaders. President Trump himself may find that he is in a predicament no less…

One senses that the government of Iran’s Supreme Leader has adopted the American way of dealing with the problems around it. The United States devised a method for dealing with global issues that successive administrations have consistently adopted. Why would they not embrace an approach they…

It seems to me that Europe has had enough of Donald Trump's foreign policy, and I see its response to Trump's call for European participation in securing the Strait of Hormuz as one reflection of its exasperation. Consider this: mere hours before their dispute over the strait erupted, the EU…

Benjamin Netanyahu’s persona bears an uncanny resemblance to Pahom, the protagonist of a short story by Leo Tolstoy set in Tsarist Russia. Like Tolstoy’s other works, “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” is a timeless masterpiece that offers insights into human life even today. Consumed by greed,…

Four years have passed since the Russian–Ukrainian war began. Its protagonists could hardly have imagined it would last this long. Those who launched it in Russia believed it would be resolved in a matter of days, but days turned into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years. Although…

Every year, the controversy around the Nobel Prizes is centered in the same two categories: the Peace Prize and the Literature Prize. Never has there been a torrent of polemics about the award for medicine, for example, nor has there even been broad outrage about the recipient of the award in…

Europe wakes up to new apprehension tied to Russia every morning. Hardly a day passes without Russia disturbing the old continent. Their relationship began to deteriorate with the Russian-Ukrainian war. Since President Vladimir Putin launched his war on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Europe’s…