Brookings Doha Center

Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi is welcomed by relatives and supporters after she was released from an Israeli prison, at Nabi Saleh village in the occupied West Bank July 29, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Ahed Tamimi and the plight of Palestinian child detainees

Monday, August 13, 2018

Displaced people play at a school where they live in al-Qatea near Hodeidah, Yemen July 16, 2018. Picture taken July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad

GCC News Roundup: UAE extends military draft, Yemen demands closure of Emirati prisons, Saudi Arabia to build warships (July 1 – July 31)

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Supporters of the Islamist Ennahda movement wave party flags during a campaign event in Tunis October 24, 2014. Tunisia will hold parliamentary elections on October 26 and a presidential ballot in November. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Islamist parties in North Africa: A comparative analysis of Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt

Adel Abdel Ghafar and Bill Hess

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Interview: New U.S. sanctions fuel protests and economic mayhem in Iran (Part 2)

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a proclamation declaring his intention to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement after signing it in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and its nefarious consequences

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Soldiers stand guard under the pictures of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic (R), and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the anniversary ceremony of Iran's Islamic Revolution at the Khomeini shrine in the Behesht Zahra cemetery, south of Tehran, February 1, 2011.

Interview: New U.S. sanctions fuel protests and economic mayhem in Iran (Part 1)

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Friday, July 13, 2018

Majdooleen, who is among the first Saudi women allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, drives her mother to work in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 24, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

GCC News Roundup: Saudi Arabia’s driving ban ends, Yemen’s warring parties agree to resume negotiations (June 1 – June 30)

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

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Interview: Rouhani’s visit to Europe

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Swiss President Alain Berset and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani look on as Johann N. Schneider-Ammann, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and research and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sign documents during an official visit in Bern, Switzerland, July 3, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

The end of the Iran deal spells the end of Iranian moderates

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Young entrepreneurs work at the Amman-based Oasis 500, a seed investment firm which finances start-up firms in the region's information technology sector, November 2, 2011. Across the Middle East and North Africa, the Arab Spring uprisings have hurt many businessmen. Economies have slowed sharply as political uncertainty deters investment, new governments focus on trying to restore social stability instead of reforming economic policy, and labour unrest disrupts production and drives up costs. Oasis 500's Executive Chairman Usama Fayyad said governments had become more careful about appearing even-handed towards companies, even in countries that have been relatively untouched by the Arab Spring. In the long term, though, a cleaner, fairer business environment could, even more than other economic reforms such as deregulation and fiscal policy changes, help to solve one of the Arab world's biggest problems: job creation. A more level playing field could spur the growth of similar small and medium-sized firms. Picture taken November 2, 2011. To match Mideast Money ARAB-BUSINESS/SPRING REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) -

Marginalized youth: Toward an inclusive Jordan

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Wednesday, June 6, 2018