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...

Having a rough semester? Providence weather got you down? Worried about job prospects, the dire state of your love life, your thesis...

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...

In reading the New York Times yesterday, it struck me that following the news about Syria is becoming almost unbearably frustrating. More...

As a columnist who writes exclusively on MENA (Middle East/North Africa), I’m just going to state the obvious: I don’t usually end up...

Earlier this week, President Obama officially recognized the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, the...

I was hoping to stop writing on austerity and switch to nationalism and the extreme right in Europe. However, France’s recognition of the...

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