Turkey celebrated, on October 29, the 95th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey.

Since the Arab Spring that spread in the Arab world during the first decade of the 21st century, Arab reformers have received several setbacks in terms of effort for reform and democracy.

There are two indisputable facts in the Jamal Khashoggi disappearance trauma.

As the search continues for what happened to the respected Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, it is important that all of us take a minute to assess the role and importance of independent journalism that is under severe attack.In the Middle East, as in the US, individuals wishing t

It was an unusual event, although not unprecedented. Palestinians from the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza as well as Palestinian citizens of Israel carried out a successful one-day strike on Monday.

It started in response to a Tweet by US President Donald Trump. After not speaking out for a few days, the US president lashed out against professor Christine Blasey Ford, who accused US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her.

Very few leaders seem to understand that a high percentage of their job is to communicate. In the US, they say that the president has access to bully pulpit.

After a series of bad news coming from Washington regarding the future of Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees and the defunding of a small grant to keep East Jerusalem’s hospitals running, good news for Jerusalemites had come from Jordan.Jordan’s Civil Status and Passports Department

With the United States unilateral and anti-peace decision to totally cut off aid to UNRWA, many calls have been made for oil-rich Arab states to make up for the agency’s deficit.That would be a mistake.In the 1980s, the Arab League pledged to support 7.8 per cent of UNRWA’s