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Illegal market for wild pets booming in the Gulf

Syrian photographers document a decade of war

Nowruz – The Iranian New Year

Lebanon's existential crisis

Through Realpolitik-tinted glasses

In his book "Großmacht Iran – Der Gottesstaat wird Global Player" (Iran: a major power – from theocracy to global player), Henner Fürtig, director of the GIGA Institute for Middle Eastern Studies, predicts a promising future for the Islamic Republic of Iran as the most important regional power in the Middle East. Miriam Abdollahi read the book

Tunisian Lablabi: "Food of champions"

Dhaka: rickshaw capital of the world

Repatriating the children of Islamic State

Sofa, coffee, sugar – English words from Arabic

Long Live the Military's Democracy!

For many, the March 2007 elections in Mauretania represented a hopeful democratic awakening for the entire North African region. But the dream swiftly came to an end with the August putsch and the renewed dominance of the military, as Slim Boukhdhir describes in his essay