For centuries, the Middle East has stood at the crossroads of civilization and conflict. Despite the formal establishment of modern nation-states, the region has failed to achieve internal political stability or external peace. The situation in the Middle East today is not a temporary flare-up or the product of isolated disputes. It is structural: regimes… Continue reading Conservative Modernism: A Roadmap for Sustainable Peace in the Middle East The post Conservative Modernism: A Roadmap f...| Fair Observer
“He’s no longer in the land of the living,” we say with great solemnity as we pronounce that our friend has fallen asleep on the sofa. It’s a phrase we use fairly commonly, either to mean prosaically, “they’re dead”—which is actually uncommon because we prefer cleaner euphemisms that hide the reality entirely—or to refer to… Continue reading What is the ‘Land of the Living?’→| nuakh
How much rain do you see where you live? The Atacama Desert in Chile is quite a dry place. Atacama is the driest non-polar region on the planet. Receiving an average annual precipitation of about 1/8 of an inch, the area is known for its lifelessness. This author lives in a dry land, too, but… Read More Dry Bones Live Again — Gantt Carter|