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1947: Jewish refugees arrive in Palestine with a banner proclaiming: "The Germans destroyed our families and homes - don't you destroy our hopes". Photo: Collected
World+Biz

How did Israel become a country?

After WWI, Palestine came under the British mandate and the new ruler was in favour of establishing a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.

Israeli policemen gather as they inspect a partially torched police station in the Arab-Jewish mixed coastal city of Acre, Israel May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Rami Ayyub
World+Biz

Fear stalks streets of Israeli city where Jews and Arabs mixed freely

A view of the Doha Corniche tourist spot in Doha, Qatar. Gulf Arab states are mulling more robust economic sectors to support their economies. Photo: Rowen Smith/ Unsplash
Global Economy

Universal income can help Gulf Arab curb oil reliance

Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Advanced Sciences, speaks during an event to mark Hope Probe's entering the orbit of Mars, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Christopher Pike
Science

UAE's Hope Probe enters orbit in first Arab Mars mission

Photo: UNB.
Bangladesh

Bangladeshi children as camel jockeys: Dr AK Abdul Momen’s role in ending it

Jonathan H Ferziger, senior fellow, Atlantic Council. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Israel’s Arabs may help Netanyahu avoid Trump’s miserable fate

Indian Muslims carry Indian flags during a protest against a new citizenship law, in Bengaluru on Jan. 20, 2020. MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Politics

For Modi, courting the Arab world begins with India’s Muslims

The Arabian punishment  
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The Arabian punishment  

Declining oil prices and the dwindling of cash reserves are not necessarily bad news for the political economy of the Arab region as a whole. Photo: Pixabay
Global Economy

Arabs should welcome a future with less oil wealth

Not Another Arab Spring
Thoughts

Not Another Arab Spring