The Sunni Arab world has trouble coming to terms with its past and imagining its future. It has been dominated by autocrats for the last 100 years. A new kind of pan-Arabism could be the next ideology that delivers freedom from autocracy to this region.
Arab Digest is a partner of Fair Observer that produces some of the best content on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has increased inflation, caused food shortages and damaged the reputation of the West in the MENA region.
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To eliminate female genital mutilation in countries like Iran, awareness of the practice and support in helping to end it are necessary.
Two years on from the assassination of Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iraq continues to pay the price for Donald Trump’s decision.
Recent developments in the Middle East have shown the UAE that it can no longer rely on the US for national security as it has for decades.
President Salih has the best chance of retaining his position, but not without encountering many challenges.
The deadlock over the state of the agriculture sector in Yemen can only be broken by social struggle that restores rural Yemen to the center of government policy.
In the Gulf, governments are starting to tackle their own problems — and this time without the directing influence or involvement of the United States.
