Serena Fadel ’25 does not recognize the streets of her hometown in Beirut, Lebanon. Crumbling infrastructure, the result of the August...

In seconds, everything changed. A city buzzing with mundane early-evening traffic came to a standstill as 2,750 tonnes of ammonium...

Editor’s Note: This article was completed in November of 2019. The delay in publishing was due to factors outside of the writer’s...

In March 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Lebanon for the first time. In a tense meeting with Lebanese officials, he stressed...

As violence continues to plague war-torn South Sudan, even after efforts at ceasefires, refugees continue to pour out of the world’s...

On March 13, a car bomb exploded in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing an estimated 32 people and injuring over 100 others. This attack...

They call it “Sin City of the Middle East.” Chic nightclubs and trendy rooftop bars sparkle along Beirut’s Mediterranean coast —...

“Srilankitak filipiniyeh?” asked a young schoolboy to one of his classmates. This question literally means, “Is your Sri Lankan a...

Aid distribution in Lebanon fluctuates drastically along the lines of sectarian division. Influential parties such as Michael Aoun’s...

As the US Government debates missile strikes and how best to enforce international law, it’s sometimes hard to remember that there is a...

The crisis you almost forgot is still there. The violence in Syria is suddenly halfway through its third year, with no end in sight. With...

There are times (for instance, when one is boarding a plane in Sicily and dreading the cold rain that will undoubtedly great her at the...

It seems absurd to claim that any country in a region as unstable as the Middle East/North Africa could be stagnant – but if any of them...

The ceasefire established Wednesday between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas (which controls the Gaza Strip) ended a week of rocket...

Last week, I wrote about how the Western media focuses disproportionately on negative news out of the Middle East, drawing attention to...