Middle East

As we hear news of more than seven hundred dead in Mecca, one can predict two kinds of reactions: there will be regret, of course, about the huge loss of life; but there will also be

This week the Guardian reporter Kevin McDonald took issue with Nick Clegg’s description of ISIS as “medieval”.  McDonald reported: ‘given the extreme violence of Isis fighters and the frequent images of decapitated bodies, it is

Introduction, by Abdel Razzaq Takriti Arabic is the fourth most widely spoken language on earth. It is also one of the oldest living tongues, boasting an exceptionally rich and uninterrupted historical and literary tradition. The