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3 days ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Jumah Boukleb |Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Nadim Koteich |Eyad Abu Shakra
As an old Arab proverb goes: “With your people, you won’t perish.” Without the protection and support of one’s people, ruin becomes inevitable. A small problem arises, however, when we seek to determine who counts among “your people”, especially to those in power. Does the term refer strictly to one's kin (family, clan, or tribe) or does it encompass all citizens? The difference between the two is clear: the former is defined by blood ties alone, while the latter definition is broader.
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3 days ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Nadim Koteich |Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel
Iran makes threats, but it will not act. It will not mine the Strait of Hormuz or block it by bombing passing ships. This scenario would backfire and primarily harm China – the largest buyer of Gulf oil – which would lose four million barrels a day. Iran’s enemies – the Americans and Israelis – would be the ones to benefit, because Beijing would adopt an angry stance toward Iran.
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3 days ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Nadim Koteich |Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel |Tariq Al-Homayed
There is an immense moral and political gap between Israel’s blatant unhinged incitement on the life of the symbolic figurehead of the Islamic Republic of Iran (which the Americans eventually sympathized with after their initial opposition) and calm reflection on Iran’s fate after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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4 days ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel |Tariq Al-Homayed |Hazem Saghieh
The ongoing exchange of missiles, and the accompanying psychological and intelligence warfare, seems like a foregone conclusion, because all the supposed dividing lines in the Israeli-Iranian conflict have collapsed. These lines collapsed as the possibility of saving the Middle East, alongside the United States and Israel, from an ominous unknown began to vanish.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Tariq Al-Homayed |Nadim Koteich |Hazem Saghieh |Eyad Abu Shakra
Yesterday, this newspaper published a piece by Saudi columnist Dr. Abdulghani Al-Kindi. “Why Did Israel and Iran’s Clash Surprise the Arabs?” is not merely an important column; it is a text that deserves to be shared, explained, and amplified. It’s a remarkable article about the absence of any role for the Arab- or perhaps sedated- in most of the region’s crises.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Nadim Koteich |Hazem Saghieh |Eyad Abu Shakra |Abdulrahman al-Rashed
For at least a year now, Iran and Israel have been fighting a direct conflict, after having waged a shadow war for decades. This is more than a regional power struggle; what we are witnessing is an existential war between two regimes as traditional pillars of deterrence erode, creating trajectories that are difficult to foresee. 1. Controlled EscalationThe confrontation has yet to escalate into a full-scale war. Israel continues to target nuclear and military facilities, as well as supply chains.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Eyad Abu Shakra |Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Ghassan Charbel
It might be safe to say that the relationship between states and armed militias might benefit from revisions of a highly consequential episode of modern Arab history: the Jordanian civil war of 1970–1971.
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1 week ago | 
arabnews.pk | Eyad Abu Shakra
Isn’t it time for us Arabs to rationally think of the future? Eyad Abu Shakra June 17, 2025 13:20 The Arabs find themselves powerlessly watching their region being reassembled before their very eyes (File/AFP) Short Urlhttps://arab.news/zbgnf
When a nation’s options are narrowed by dramatic developments, it is left with two choices: gloating or denial.
Both affirm that this nation has resigned itself to a life on the margins of history.
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1 week ago | 
arabnews.com | Eyad Abu Shakra
Isn’t it time for us Arabs to rationally think of the future? Short Urlhttps://arab.news/vrumd When a nation’s options are narrowed by dramatic developments, it is left with two choices: gloating or denial. Both affirm that this nation has resigned itself to a life on the margins of history. We Arabs currently constitute a strong majority in West Asia and North Africa.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Ghassan Charbel |Tariq Al-Homayed
When a nation’s options are narrowed by dramatic developments, it is left with two choices: gloating or denial... Both affirm that this nation has resigned itself to a life on the margins of history. We Arabs currently constitute a strong majority in West Asia and North Africa. Our territories are home to some of the world’s most significant natural resources; they are by most of the ancient world’s seas, and are part of the most important trade and civilization routes known to humanity.
