Jordan’s Monarch Makes Waves in The Atlantic
Jordan’s King Abdullah II attends the opening of the Arab League summit in the Qatari capital Doha on March 26, 2013. KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images The Atlantic magazine’s recent profile of Jordan’s...
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A man walks in the Sahara desert that links north and southern Africa. DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty ImagesSome 400 years ago, the sultan of Morocco, Ahmad Al-Mansour, became increasingly aware of Spanish...
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Syrian protesters hold banners referring to the international conference on the Syrian crisis being held in Paris during a demonstration after Friday prayers in Kfar Nubul in the northwestern province...
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CAIRO, EGYPT – JULY 04: An Egyptian woman celebrates in Tahrir Square, the day after former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, was ousted from...
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Unemployed Yemenis wait for work offers on a sidewalk in Sanaa, on April 6, 2013. Unemployment rates among young people in Yemen can reach as high as 40 percent. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)A...
View ArticleA Dark Winter Ahead
Trucks and APCs beloning to the Egyptian riot police are parked in the main street leading to Egypt’s landmark Tahrir Square on August 20, 2013, in Cairo, Egypt. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)For...
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U.S. President Barack Obama finishes a statement to the media about the government shutdown in the briefing room of the White House in Washington September 30, 2013 (REUTERS/Larry Downing)With last...
View ArticleEditorial: Finally, Some Good News
All smiles as Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki (C), President of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly (NCA) Mustapha Ben Jafar (L) and outgoing Islamist prime minister Ali Laarayedh pose with...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Gulf Aid
Gulf leaders meeting for the 34th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Kuwait on December 11, 2013 (Photo by Mohammed Saber/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)Together with Saudi Arabia, the three...
View ArticleSyria, Two Years On
People hold candles during a candlelit vigil in central London on March 14, 2013 as part of global action on the second anniversary of the start of the Syria conflict. CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images) In...
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