Country Profile: United Arab Emirates
Ibtisaam Babikr profiles the wealthy Gulf state determined to rehabilitate its image.
Iyad El-Baghdadi: ‘We are in a time of counter-revolution’
Palestinian activist Iyad el-Baghdadi, a leading intellectual of the Arab Spring, talks fighting disinformation with Jan-Peter Westad.
Just transition – now or never
As Egypt prepares to host the latest UN climate conference, COP27, Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell call time on ‘business as usual’, which in North Africa means non-solutions that line private pockets at public expense and protect…
Decolonization – the long goodbye
If you want to build a more just world, we need to confront the legacies of empire, argues Amy Hall.
‘We are the true voice of the people’: Sudan’s civilian resistance is still alive
Can Sudan’s pro-democracy camp still play a role in forging a democratic future for the military-controlled nation? Obiora Ikoku reports.
Can peacebuilders end the war with Boko Haram?
Guns will only take you so far in the fight against the jihadist rebels, Hazel Healy discovers.
Soil – the climate fix that COP forgot
Danny Chivers digs into a major Indian farming project that pulls carbon from the air – and increases yields for farmers.
The bleak future of British foreign aid
The government’s ‘international development’ strategy is a red herring for dubious private financing, argues Nick Dearden
How Palestine became Israel’s spyware test-bed
Antony Loewenstein examines spyware’s role in Israel’s occupation of Palestine, and why governments are failing to reign in its insidious spread.
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has undergone many transformations throughout its history, but it has often been associated with glamour. From its earliest days when it was governed by Cleopatra, to its inception as the global provider…
Bahrain is the only island state in the…
