Asharq Al-Awsat: Questions Regarding the Cultural Themes of War

By Hazem Saghieh. Last Sunday (7/4) the Israeli newspaper “Haaretz” published an investigative report by Judy Maltz, the newspaper’s Jewish World correspondent, entitled “Six Months On: How October 7 and the Gaza War Transformed Jews Across the Globe.” It traces how these two major events have reflected on the lives of Jewish individuals: 7 in

History.com: This Day In History (February 24-1946):Juan Perón elected in Argentina

By History.com Editors. Juan Domingo Perón, the controversial former vice president of Argentina, is elected president. In 1943, as an army officer, he joined a military coup against Argentina’s ineffectual civilian government. Appointed secretary of labor, his influence grew and in 1944 he also became vice president and minister of war. In October 1945, Perón was ousted

History.com: This Day In History (November 22-1990): Margaret Thatcher resigns

By History.com Editors. Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister in British history, announces her resignation after 11 years in Britain’s top office. Margaret Hilda Roberts was born in Grantham, England, in 1925. In 1959, after marrying businessman Denis Thatcher and giving birth to twins, she was elected to Parliament as a Conservative for Finchley,

History.com: This Day In History (December 01-1959): Antarctica made a military-free continent

By History.com Editors. Twelve nations, including the United States and the Soviet Union, sign the Antarctica Treaty, which bans military activity and weapons testing on that continent. It was the first arms control agreement signed in the Cold War period. Since the 1800s a number of nations, including Great Britain, Australia, Chile and Norway, laid

History.com: This Day In History (October 08-1967):Che Guevara captured by Bolivian army

By History.com Editors. A Bolivian guerrilla force led by Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara is defeated in a skirmish with a special detachment of the Bolivian army. Guevara was wounded, captured and executed the next day. Born in Argentina, Guevara believed that a man of action could revolutionize a people. He played a pivotal role in

History.com: This Day In History (September 19-1955): Perón deposed in Argentina

By History.com Editors. After a decade of rule, Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón is deposed in a military coup. Perón, a demagogue who came to power in 1946 with the backing of the working classes, became increasingly authoritarian as Argentina’s economy declined in the early 1950s. His greatest political resource was his charismatic wife, Eva “Evita” Perón, but she

Zaman Alwsl: How South Americans with Middle Eastern roots are transforming Arabic cuisine

By Eduardo Campos Lima. In a region where the first Arab immigrants arrived in the 19th century and an estimated 18 million people have Middle Eastern roots, Arabic food has become an integral part of the local cuisine in several Latin American countries. A new generation of Arabs on the continent is now seeking to

Milken Institute Review: Lebanon’s Zero-Sum Society – Make That Negative-Sum?

By Robert Looney. From 1955 to 1975, Lebanon was widely acclaimed to be the jewel of the Middle East — its capital, Beirut, a wealthy cultural and financial center that invited comparisons with Paris and St. Tropez. Today, after decades of civil war, ineffectual government and rampant corruption, comparisons with Gaza and Libya are more