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 2-1971): Idi Amin takes power in Uganda

By History.com Editors. One week after toppling the regime of Ugandan leader Milton Obote, Major General Idi Amin declares himself president of Uganda and chief of the armed forces. Amin, head of the Ugandan army and air force since 1966, seized power while Obote was out of the country. Ruling directly, Amin soon revealed himself

Arab News: How Palestinians have become the victims of Zionist history

By Ramzy Baroud. Thousands of miles separate Uganda and the Congo from the Gaza Strip, but these places are connected to Palestine in ways that traditional geopolitical analyses fail to explain. It was last week revealed that the far-right Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu is actively discussing proposals to expel millions of Palestinians to African

Anadolu Agency: A threat multiplier: Climate change and migration

By Karim Elgendy. In addition to its long term impacts, climate change could also act as threat multiplier, worsening economic conditions, political tensions, adding to impacts of existing conflicts on displacement ISTANBUL  International migration is a growing feature of the modern world. In 2020, the number of people living in countries other than where they

The Jordan Times: The key to Africa’s economic revolution

By Bogolo J. Kenewendo. GABORONE  —  In the ninth century, an Ethiopian herder named Kaldi noticed something odd. Whenever his goats ate the berries of a particular tree, they seemed to get a jolt of energy. His curiosity piqued, Kaldi took some of the berries to a monastery, where the abbot took a taste and,