August 17, 2026
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crisis
How the myth of crisis imprisoned Arab (and leftist) political thought.
By Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
From the Archives
July 13, 2026
Khomeini, Said, and Sadat’s 1978
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourHow a revolution in Tehran, a book in New York, and a peace treaty in Cairo converged to end one era of politics and begin another.
June 08, 2026
The Strawberry Plot
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourIs America falling for the Middle East’s anti-Zionist delusions?
June 17, 2025
Why the Attacks on Iran Won’t Lead to an Arab Embrace of Israel
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourThe rulers of the Gulf states are cheering every Israeli strike. But they now have less incentive to improve diplomatic relations with Jerusalem.
July 15, 2021
Why the Arab Spring Failed, and the Hopes Its Failure Seeded
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourDespite many real disappointments, the turmoil of the past decade has also revealed signs of promise in the Middle East.
November 10, 2020
The Tremors of Muslim Reform
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourThe powers at the center of the Muslim world are refusing to tolerate radical Islamism, and a spirit of repair and renewal is at hand. Will it catch on?
