Dr Mohammad Makram Balawi
Dr Mohammad Makram Balawi is a Palestinian writer and academic based in Istanbul. He is the president of Asia Middle East Forum.
Items by Dr Mohammad Makram Balawi
If US President Donald Trump can be visualised as King Cyrus, then Benjamin Netanyahu is the prophet out to save the modern Israelites in a hostile environment. His message...
Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks at the 2018 conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), are key to an understanding of how Israel is run. The Israeli leader is...
There are many in the Arab world who fell about laughing when the US ambassador to the UN started to lecture them about how rich Arab countries did not...
The visit of Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan to Saudi Arabia last week raised many questions related to his country's foreign policy and the changes that could be...
A few years after Arafat assumed the leadership of the Palestinian national movement he tried to tempt the West to offer him something in return for what he called...
"The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong are respected, and alliances are made with the...
The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is on a four-day visit to Israel, the first such trip by any Filipino leader. Even though he declared during the 2016...
Few people in the Arab World and Palestine had heard of Darin Al-Tatur before last Tuesday. This Palestinian poet has rarely caught the attention of critics, or literary magazines,...
Does one crime justify another? Israeli officials seem to think so. Whenever they are criticised for committing crimes against humanity by wiping Palestinian neighbourhoods off the map; bombing hospitals,...
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the expulsion of the Palestinians from their homeland — the Nakba — by the Zionist Movement, which established the state of Israel...
Two incidents represent turning points in Malaysian support for Palestine: the Mavi Marmara "Freedom Flotilla" incident, and the visit of Prime Minister Najib Razak to the Gaza Strip. The...
Suspense created by the uncovering of hidden secrets attracts people, especially when it comes to established facts. Hence, Mehdi Hasan is keen on showing his audience the hidden side...
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R2) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R3) meet with German and Israeli businessmen in Jerusalem on 4 October 2018 [Kobi Gideon/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Netanyahu-20181004_2_32701171_37803895.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks at the 2018 conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), are key to an understanding of how Israel is run. The Israeli leader is...
There are many in the Arab world who fell about laughing when the US ambassador to the UN started to lecture them about how rich Arab countries did not...![Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (R) meets King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 19 September 2018 [Bandar Algaloud/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Pakistani-Prime-Minister-Imran-Khan-in-Saudi-Arabia20180919_2_32449142_37358997.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The visit of Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan to Saudi Arabia last week raised many questions related to his country's foreign policy and the changes that could be...![US President Donald Trump meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House on May 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. [Thaer Ganaim/Apaimages]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/030517_Abbas_Trump.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
A few years after Arafat assumed the leadership of the Palestinian national movement he tried to tempt the West to offer him something in return for what he called...
"The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong are respected, and alliances are made with the...
The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is on a four-day visit to Israel, the first such trip by any Filipino leader. Even though he declared during the 2016...![Palestinian poet, Dareen Tatour [Twitter]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018_5-3-Dareen-Tatourdareent.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Few people in the Arab World and Palestine had heard of Darin Al-Tatur before last Tuesday. This Palestinian poet has rarely caught the attention of critics, or literary magazines,...![Thousands of Gazans attend funeral of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein [Mohamed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018_04_26-Gazans-attending-journalist-funeralIMG_3482-.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Does one crime justify another? Israeli officials seem to think so. Whenever they are criticised for committing crimes against humanity by wiping Palestinian neighbourhoods off the map; bombing hospitals,...![Palestinians stage a protest against the 'Deal of the Century', planned by US President Donald Trump to solve the conflict between Palestine and Israel, in Ramallah, West Bank on 2 July 2018 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018_7-2-Protest-agains-Deal-of-the-Century-in-Ramallah20180702_2_31244661_35265983.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the expulsion of the Palestinians from their homeland — the Nakba — by the Zionist Movement, which established the state of Israel...
Two incidents represent turning points in Malaysian support for Palestine: the Mavi Marmara "Freedom Flotilla" incident, and the visit of Prime Minister Najib Razak to the Gaza Strip. The...
Suspense created by the uncovering of hidden secrets attracts people, especially when it comes to established facts. Hence, Mehdi Hasan is keen on showing his audience the hidden side...