World News Insights: Opinion Articles

We are now sailing in a new year. From the very first moment, we sense the need to fasten our seatbelts. The issue is greater and more dangerous than turbulence.  The past year left us with a minefield and festering wounds that demand taking difficult and painful decisions.  US President Joe…

This year, during the lead-up to the Israeli elections, I returned to my hometown, Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, to work on a research project and spend time with my family there. I had received a grant to study the impact on Palestinians’ health of Israel’s restrictions on Palestinians’…

Sooner or later, days and events will prove that the key to clipping Iran’s nails in the region and taking back the confrontation with Iran inside Iran is Syria, not any other country, whether it is Iraq or Lebanon. What brought about this introduction was a story published by our newspaper…

Like many millennials, I was educated, if that’s the right word for it, on the internet. The online music critics and antiwar bloggers of the mid-2000s who were my teachers did not introduce me to T.S. Eliot, but they made sure that I had reasonably detailed opinions about “Apocalypse Now Redux,”…

On a cold October morning, Colin Canham and his wife, Sara Emerick, were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Mr. Canham was found lying near a firearm outside the couple’s home. Ms. Emerick was inside. A detective told me that it seemed that Mr. Canham had committed a crime of passion — a…

Despite all of the unwanted developments of 2022, it was a good year because the scenarios we had been weary of did not play out. Many may disagree, even without me putting some of my optimism into the article. They might think I am presenting a deceptive reading of 2022.   It is important that…

Pelé once confessed that he had long been troubled by a conundrum, one he’d only be able to crack when he met God, face-to-face, and could demand an explanation.   What plagued him was a feeling of dual identity: There was “Pelé,” the world’s greatest living sports legend of the 20th century,…

Environmental action in 2022 culminated in an image of the self-congratulatory applause of heads of delegations and international organizations, on what they called a "historic deal", at the conclusion of the 15th meeting of the biodiversity convention (COP15) held in Montreal. However, heads of…

The political class has met the political, social, and economic crises facing the country with prevarication, neglecting their responsibilities and delaying any sort of solution. They gave themselves several years to find a solution that suits them and safeguards their interests and gains. …

The Syrian crisis has moved to a new phase in 2022, as I emphasized in previous Syria-related articles, and we can expect even more in 2023. In this regard, relations with Türkiye are particularly noteworthy. Back in the first half of the year, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed that…

Have you wondered why so many Iranians have been marching against the Islamic Republic for more than three months? Here are two answers: 1- “The current disturbances are caused because the American Great Satan is envious of the achievements of our Islamic Revolution,” says Supreme…

No one is going to launch a nuclear bomb on Afghanistan in response to the challenge raised by the Taliban government’s education minister, Mohammad Nadim, who is adamant about banning women from receiving an education. A more probable outcome is that Afghan women will be alone in fighting the war…