Tag / Qatar
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Syria Still Burns
In the summer of 2016, I studied abroad in Qatar, taking an Arabic class with a group of expatriate professionals. Our teacher was named Ustaaz Muhammad, who had fled Syria and the war with his wife, being on the wrong side of the Assad regime. He was a patient and thoughtful teacher, and in our…
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The Case for Foreign Policy Regulations
Anyone specializing in any field of policy will tell you that theirs is the most important. In the case of foreign policy, that argument might hold some weight. Since the end of the Second World War, an activist foreign policy on the part of the United States has coincided with the elimination of great-power conflict,…
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Shattering the Façade: The Burgeoning Oil Cities of the Middle East
To the casual onlooker, the new, exploding cities of the Middle East, such as Dubai, are 21st century marvels that defy the growth patterns of traditional Western cities. The sleek architecture coupled with the finest contemporary construction materials leave the impression that these new cities will eclipse New York and London as the financial hubs…
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QATAR 2022
BY NAHUEL FEFER In 2005, in the throes of a five-year civil war, the Ivory Coast qualified for the World Cup. On national television the players fell to its knees and pleaded with their nation to lay down its arms. The peace that resulted has not been permanent, but the situation has improved. The nation’s…
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Qatar’s Gamble
World Cups and radical Islamists usually don’t appear in the same sentence, or even in the same section of a newspaper. But in the last few years, Qatar, the Monaco of the Middle East, has managed to balance the cosmopolitan worldliness of a future World Cup host (2022) and the anti-Western Wahhabism of a Hamas…
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Diplomat Attempts to Light Shoe on Fire on Plane, Subdued
A man was subdued by a federal air marshal yesterday evening for attempting to light his shoe on fire on United Airlines flight 663. The plane, a Boeing 757 with over 150 passengers onboard, was headed to Denver, Colorado from Washington D.C. The incident comes only three months after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab failed to attack…
