Middle East

The Battle of Karbala, fought in 680 CE, continues to shape how resistance, sacrifice, and justice are understood across the Shia world
Iraq Diaries, Islam, Middle East, Travel, World

Iran War 2026: How Karbala and Imam Hussain’s Legacy Have Shaped Resistance for Centuries

From the war against ISIS a decade back to the American-Israeli attack on Iran in 2026, the Battle of Karbala fought in 680 CE continues to shape how resistance, sacrifice, and justice are understood across the Shia world

The Iranian military has overcome restrictions on accessing weapons and technology thanks to a resilient and adaptable military-industrial complex
Middle East

US-Iran War: How Missile Power, Tech Resilience Fueled Effective Iranian Counterattack

Iran has overcome restrictions on accessing weapons and technology thanks to a resilient and adaptable military-industrial complex, which has been classified as a ‘niche supplier’, concentrating on surface-to-surface precision-guided munitions

Zohran Mamdani with his parents, Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair, and his wife, Rama Duwaji, following his election as New York City mayor
Americas, Middle East, World

From Civil Rights Jail Cell to City Hall: How Academic Mahmood Mamdani Shaped Son Zohran Mamdani

The rise of Zohran Mamdani, who is set to become New York’s first Muslim and African mayor of South Asian descent, and his political vision is rooted in his father and Columbia University academic Mahmood Mamdani’s civil rights activism and the idea of linked struggles for freedom

Israeli airstrike in Qatar’s capital Doha sparks crisis and derails Arab-Israel normalization efforts
Americas, Middle East, Palestine, Uncategorized, United Arab Emirates, World

Abraham Accords to Israeli Strikes in Qatar: Unraveling of Gulf Arab-Israel Normalization

Israeli airstrike in Qatar shattered assumptions of immunity and marked the first direct violation of the sovereignty of a Gulf Arab nation, raising questions over the durability of the Abraham Accords or normalization of ties between Arab states and Israel, and deepening fears of escalation

Rabbi Israel Hess cited the story of Amalek to justify wiping out Palestinians
Middle East, Palestine, World

Palestine as Amalek: Weaponization of Biblical Literalism

South Africa’s genocide case against Israel cites Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s invocation of Amalek, biblical Israel’s rival nation, which has long been used to justify killing Palestinians

Palestinians in Gaza struggle for meals at a charity kitchen amid forced Israeli starvation.
Middle East, Palestine, World

Inquisition to Gaza: Empire, Race, and Unfinished History

European notions of “inferior races” underpinned genocidal practices—from Tasmania’s colonial massacre to the eugenic theories that laid the groundwork for the Holocaust, with Gaza reflecting longstanding colonial templates: the dehumanization, the framing of civilian lives as disposable, and the use of authoritarian control not an anomaly, but a continuation of historical patterns of racialized violence

Golden Lord Murugan statue at Batu Caves, Malaysia, with colorful temple steps
Indonesia, Islam, Malaysia, South Asia, South East Asia, United Arab Emirates

Coexistence in Muslim World: Lessons from Indonesia, Malaysia and Islamic Heritage

Amid global anti-Muslim hysteria and the clash of civilizations narrative, the lived reality tells a different story: Hindus, Christians, and other minorities thrive in Muslim-majority societies like Indonesia and the Gulf, where Islamic traditions coexist with mutual respect, defining social and political life

Americas, Islam, Islamic Golden Age, Middle East

How Muslim Scholar Shaped Reaganomics: Ibn Khaldun, Forgotten Roots of Supply-Side Economics

Reagan and economist Arthur Laffer used Ibn Khaldun’s ideas to build modern conservative tax policy, although the Islamic roots of supply-side economics and the influence of the Islamic Golden Age remains largely forgotten

Illustration showing Arab Muslim scholar Ibn Khaldun and U.S. President Ronald Reagan connected by the Laffer Curve, symbolizing how Ibn Khaldun’s supply-side economic theory influenced Reagan’s tax-cut policies and modern conservative economics
Islam, Islamic Golden Age, Middle East, Uncategorized, World

Ibn Khaldun: How Arab Muslim Polymath Shaped Reagan Presidency And Economics

Arab Muslim polymath Ibn Khaldun’s supply-side economic theory that tax cuts stimulate the economy and generate greater revenues influenced Ronald Reagan’s economic policies, and the Laffer Curve, which shaped modern conservative tax policy

Image depicting people rallying around Iranian leadership in the aftermath of US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities
Americas, Middle East, World

War on Iran : How Perpetual Crisis Sustained Iranian Revolution

The American strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities sparked a fresh sense of emergency that Iran has repeatedly found itself in, and contributed to the survival of the establishment that took power post-1979 revolution, with the same Western hegemony and interferences among the contributing factors

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