The 11 best war movies streaming right now
Experience the raw power of war films that capture the essence of human resilience and the complexities of conflict. Explore ...
Pearls and Irritations15d
A massacre in Sharifa
The residents of the Syrian village of Sharifa lay in puddles and rivulets of blood. . Most had been executed with shots to ...
Ahram Online14d
Ramadan Icons: The Cannon of Hajja Fatma
The holy month of Ramadan has a unique cultural flavour in Egypt, and among its special traditions is the firing of the ...
La Brújula Verde27d
Bakt, the Longest-Lasting Treaty in History, Was in Effect for Seven Centuries
Credit: Hans Birger Nilsen / Wikimedia Commons Five thousand Muslim soldiers equipped with heavy cavalry and ... It is likely that the conflict with the Third Crusade kept Saladin too preoccupied to ...
Foreign Affairs20d
The Downfall of the Khalifate
delivered at Saladin's tomb at Damascus, in 1898, proclaiming himself the "friend and ally of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan Abdul Hamid II, whom 300,000,000 Mohammedans throughout the world revere ...
London Review of Books26d
Rob, Kill and Burn
When he arrived in Damascus, the city welcomed him like a war hero, prompting the British consular agent to declare that ‘no such Arab had entered Damascus since the days of Saladin ... an army of six ...
amust4d
When the children of Gaza join the ghosts of Srebrenica and Granada
The ICJ cites 500+ genocidal statements by Israeli officials, from Netanyahu quoting Amalek (“blot out their memory”) to soldiers filming themselves ... inviting Jews back to Jerusalem. In1187: ...