The Arab Spring uprisings have triggered notable shifts throughout republican Arab states. The story in the Gulf monarchies, however, is starkly different. The Gulf Monarchies are, for the most part, autocratic, hydrocarbon-rich states whose regimes derive legitimacy from tradition and an inflated ability to pacify populations through the distribution of […]

Politicians and advocates frequently criticise the state for treating Arabs as “second-class citizens.”

Who’s afraid of fearless art? by Manouchehr Shamsrizi FRSA Any postmodern arts scene has the éclat in its DNA, but in Berlin we can (readily?) see the impact of a re-politicisation and re-moralisation in the arts. This is happening at the 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, organized by KW Institute for Contemporary […]

The world has discovered much over the course of time and people have evolved much more sophisticated social organs. However, the tendency for people never to fully trust each other has also increased over the course of history. Look at history and we are sure to notice a pattern of conspiracies and biased […]

World News Australia story on the sustainable city in the Gulf.