Opinion
Asharq Al-Awsat on MSN3dOpinion
On ‘The Arab Levant,’ ‘The World,’ and Israel
The relationship between "the Arab Levant" and "the world," in modern times, has not been a friendly one. “The world," here, refers the West and its states- that is, the Atlantic World, while "the ...
The earliest Arabs, Semitic peoples related to the Akkadians of Mesopotamia, the Canaanites and Hebrews of the Levant, and the Abyssinians of the Horn of Africa, settled in the Arabian Peninsula ...
Billboard Arabia’s February cover star reflects on his journey from Gaza to global stages, exploring the diverse cultural ...
With the exception of Binyamin Netanyahu, perhaps Golda Meir and Yitzhak Rabin, Israel’s prime ministers, of all political ...
In the Gulf, where Iran intersects with Iraq, the Arabs have also for centuries been wary of Iran’s persistent desire to expand westwards towards the Levant and from there towards the Mediterranean.
Meanwhile, Israel’s new relationships with Arab states are creating new opportunities, while it seeks to manage enduring threats from Iran and its proxies in the Levant. The Middle East Program ...