Rows and Columns

When Qin Shihuang, literally the first of the Qin, ascended the Chinese imperial throne, he inaugurated the eponymous Qin calendar. Time would ...

Why Qatar Should Host the 2022 World Cup

I wish to focus on pointing out why it is important that Qatar is allowed to host the 2022 World Cup in spite of the storm of criticism. Unlike the ...

Dubai Is Not A Role Model

I was only beginning to realise that I was chewing on more chicken nuggets than I could swallow when a hand belonging to a vaguely familiar, suave, ...

The ostracized Muslims of Europe

Many European Muslims will by now have sore throats from repeating the time-honored slogan “Islam means peace.” Apart from the fact that the ...

At crossroads: Education in the UAE

One of the greatest challenges that the UAE faces today, which has to a large extent been successfully addressed, is the establishment of a sustainable ...

IS and Arab Idol: Modes of Transnationalism

This summer, for the first time since the brutal division of what was left of Ottoman Arabia, the wire fences, built along the borders stipulated by ...

In Dubai, Form Rules Over Function

Traffic along the Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai’s principal highway, is soon to be diverted close to one of its most critical choking points, downtown ...

Challenging Representations of Chinese interests in Africa in Western Media

As China fortifies its economic ties with resource rich states in Africa, offering lucrative investments, particularly in the realm of infrastructure, ...

Undefining Dubai

I have encountered the same scene many times while driving away from the Dubai International Airport in an air-conditioned SUV. The euphoria on the ...

Denouncing media insufficient to combat Orientalist stereotypes

Author's Note: Asmaa and Naji are fictional characters epitomizing the victims and perpetrators of arranged child marriages. Underage Asmaa’s arranged ...