Through these stories, Felice Friedson reveals a Middle East more complex and human than the headlines often suggest. Readers ...

By Islam Salah El Din Board games have always been more than just a way to pass the time. In ancient Arab cultures, these games were a mix of entertainment, social connection, and even spiritual ...

Abu Dhabi, 2015. The mood was jovial as board members of what was then the Cardiff Blues mixed with some of the Middle East's ...

I f the black basalt landscape does not immediately point to Suwayda’s idiosyncrasy, the fluttering Venezuelan flags do. The ...

The move could shutter the country’s largest opposition party, the Islamic Action Front, which is the Brotherhood’s political ...

More than 150 people were injured when they jumped from buildings in Istanbul on Wednesday as one of the strongest quakes in ...

Iran accused Israel on Monday of seeking to “undermine” ongoing talks with the United States on its nuclear program, a key ...

Conley spent significant time abroad in the Middle East and North Africa on counterterrorism missions, on the ground in ...

The UN’s Palestinian Aid Controversy: What’s at Stake The leading UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees faces severe funding cuts and suspended services, with huge consequences for millions ...

The head of a U.S.-funded Arabic-language television and online news outlet that claims a 30 million-strong audience in the Middle East and North Africa terminated most staff and curtailed TV ...

But before that April 3 letter arrived, Harvard officials had already shaken up the leadership of the university’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies and halted two other Middle East–related programs.