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The military occupation has razed 300,000 housing units, comprising 50,000 fully destroyed and 250,000 partially demolished structures.

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      • Manar Abu Dhabi and the role of art in times of conflict

        What is the role of art in times of conflict? I gave this some thought during the art light festival, Manar Abu Dhabi, curated by Reem Fadda and Alia Zaal Lootah from 15 November 2023. The festival runs to 30 January 2024. Reem Fadda makes really good pasta with zucchini. “I used to do it from scratch, even the pasta itself, you know, but now I don’t have that kind of time,” said the director of the Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi over dinner for the launch of Manar Abu Dhabi. “I actually learned to make pasta a few years ago. You know, before Covid we got this thing called Second Intifada.” She laughed bitterly. “We were under Israeli curfew, so […]

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      • We are your soldiers: How Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser remade the Arab world

        ‘Seven decades since his coup, and more than half a century since his death, the Arab peoples have scarcely begun to shake off the legacy of “Father” Gamal Abdel Nasser,’ as the sweeping regional history of Egypt’s former president concludes. Nasser was certainly an iconic figure whose persona shaped modern Egypt, but his influence went well beyond his country and extended across the Arab world, as well as across Africa. The history of Nasserism as non-Egyptians experienced it, is not fully appreciated enough and Alex Rowell’s new book We Are Your Soldiers: How Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser Remade the Arab World ambitiously aims to give us a taste of what that history looks like. While Nasser is not the only […]

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      • Yayla corabsi (yoghurt soup)

        Yayla corabsi, is a Turkish soup which translates to “meadow soup”. It is super easy to make and the ingredients are generally at hand

Engaging the World: The Making of Hamas’s Foreign Policy