Features

Paradise Now

It’s taken us a while, but the perseverance of NOX has finally paid off. German-based, half-Arab pop duo are in our pages and on our cover.

Divine execution

Upon release, Assassin’s Creed instantly became the greatest game ever about the Middle East, and we’re still asking how on earth they got it down so well

The myth of the surge

Hoping to turn enemies into allies, US forces are arming all sides of the civil war insurgents . But it’s already starting to backfire.

Early morning bliss

If you live in the Gulf, you probably wake up to this man – even if you have no idea what DJ Bliss actually looks like

Top 10 Middle East Hotels to avoid

It’s now tourist season, most of us will be spending some time in one of the region’s 32 million hotels. But, trust us, it might be better to avoid these…

The Diplomat

A former Hashemite diplomat and post-coup official in Iraq offers his assessment of where iraq has gone wrong

The Baathist

He was a brigadier in the medical services of the Iraqi army and a high-ranking member of the Baath party who believes in the pan-Arab nationalistic project.

The Journalist

The correspondent for the New York Times was kidnapped in the early days of the war- but thankfully survived to tell the tell

Top 10 Lies of the Iraq War

Remembering the biggest collection of untruths in diplomatic history which has helped perpetuate a tragic war

Under Armour

Gibran Hamdan leads the Arab assault on American sports