Barely over a month in office and we have seen a radical shift in US policies both domestic and international under Joe Biden. One particular policy decision that has starkly stood out, has been an explicitly repetitive call to support democracy and uphold the high ideal of human rights in
Category: Middle East
THE DILEMMA OF MIDDLE EASTERN CINEMA
Cinema arrived in the middle eastern countries around the beginning of the twentieth century. It is believed that cinema was brought into most of the Arab countries by Pathé Frères or the Lumière Brothers. Middle eastern cinema has long been neglected by the world. Western cinema dominates the sphere but audiences
US-IRAN: INCEPTION OF CORDIAL RELATIONS?
During the past year, while many of us have been confined to our homes, our attention has been transfixed on the COVID-19 pandemic. While this is extremely important owing to the existential threat that the crisis poses, we have turned Nelson’s eye to several geopolitical events. Events that have the
3 MAJOR EFFECTS OF BREXIT ON THE MIDDLE EAST
Gone are the days when it was believed that the sun never sat on the British Empire. The United Kingdom today maintains a landmass only a fraction of the size of its Empire, and in the last few decades, specifically, after the second world war, has been overshadowed by economic
SAUDI ARAMCO AND ITS ECONOMIC PROSPECTIVE
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company aka Saudi Aramco, based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia is a multinational petroleum and natural gas company. It is a fully integrated multinational petroleum corporation and a world leader in mining, manufacturing, refining, distribution, marketing, and development. It manages the world’s largest proven conventional crude oil
WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Saudi Arabia under the initiative of the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave women in the kingdom the right to drive. Saudi Arabia has been the only country in the world to prohibit women from driving – a universally perceived image of inequality. Alongside with the ability to drive has
UAE-ISRAEL DEAL: HARBINGER FOR PEACE?
The pandemic emerged as a boon for the degenerated relations between the UAE and Israel as the former formally brought an end to a boycott against the latter as both had signed the Abraham Accords on August 13 2020. As a protocol of this accord, Israel has agreed to cease
LEBANON ECONOMIC CRISIS – EXPLAINED!
Lebanon is a symbol of peace and stability, probably one of the only states in the Middle East whose image has not been tarnished and mired by a string of conspiracies, or a state that has not let political upheaval and civil violence get in the way of its development
LEBANON POLITICAL CRISIS – EXPLAINED!
The 2019-20 riots in Lebanon also known as the October revolution emerged as a series of civil protests against the government and the prevailing political and economic crisis of the country. These were initially triggered by the proposed austerity measures including taxes on gasoline, tobacco, popular social media apps such
SITUATION IN LEBANON: THE BLAST AND THE PAST
On 4th August 2020, a dual explosion at the Beirut Port, the largest port in Lebanon, led to the death of 158 people, injury of more than 6000 people and led to several people being declared missing (21 as of now). The initial blast took place around 1800 hours (local