Thu 09 April 2020: Netflix’s documentary series ‘Rise of Empires: Ottoman’ is not about the rise of the Ottoman Empire or the conquest of Istanbul but instead a historically inaccurate account of the magnificent defense and fall of the Byzantine Empire Netflix recently released a documentary series under the main heading of “Rise of Empires.” […]
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Tue 07 April 2020: A chemical weapons attack was carried out on the people of Douma, south-western Syria, killing around 85 people Two years ago on this day, a chemical weapons attack was carried out on the people of Douma, south-western Syria, killing around 85 people and injuring hundreds more, as well as provoking airstrikes […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: Mohammed bin Salman’s 6 March arrests of his uncle, his cousin, and several other senior princes on the charge of conspiring against him have re-energised the debate about the future of the country’s stability and the fate of the Al Saud rule. The detentions of the senior royals are evidence of […]
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Sat 04 April 2020: The peasants’ revolt after the 14th-century plague saw off feudalism. After COVID-19, will it be the turn of capitalism? The pandemic begins in Asia, rips through the capital cities of Europe and wipes out at least a third of all human beings in its way. When it is all over, revolts […]
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Sat 04 April 2020: Far from waging ‘CoronaJihad’ as some right-wing politicians are alleging, the Jamaat is anathema to the Salafi ideologies of organisations like Al Qaeda and ISIS, who condemn it as having destroyed Islamic jihad. If there is one thing that does not define the Tablighi Jamaat, it is jihad as we know it in […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: Will we see a new cold war emerge? Considering the sheer chaos inflicted upon global public health and the international economic system – dominated by American commerce and Chinese manufacturing fed by fossil fuel energy producing countries, including the Middle East – there has been very little discussion on the impact […]
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Sun 29 March 2020: And how it will be undone. In December 2002, a group of 350 Iraqi opposition politicians gathered for a conference titled “To Save Iraq and Achieve Democracy” in the Hilton Metropole Hotel on Edgware Road in London. Many of the attendees were Iraqi politicians who had lived in exile for most […]
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Fri 27 March 2020: Having stayed at home from work for five days, 40-year-old Mohammad Aslam Bhat is worried about the fate of his family, with one thing often crossing his mind. “How can I feed my family if the coronavirus lockdown continues?” Last month, Aslam, a resident of South Kashmir’s Islamabad district in Indian-administered Kashmir, […]
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Wed 25 March 2020: Gold prices have risen while that of oil has slumped due to the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic has taken the lives of over 14,000 people and infected more than 330,000. The death toll in Italy is especially devastating, nearing 6,000. The value of gold is the highest it’s been in over […]
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Tue 24 March 2020: The coronavirus can significantly affect mental health for everyone, but especially for those with mental illness. Both the anxiety of contracting the disease as well as the increase in loneliness and isolation can worsen and trigger symptoms. Acknowledging, recognizing and acting on mental distress in these uncertain times is key […]
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