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9 Fascinating Facts About the Suez Canal

Facts about the human-built canal that links the Eastern and Western worlds.

Saudi Arabia's conservative clerics have a new relationship with the government under Mohammed bin Salman

Social change in Saudi Arabia has long been deemed impossible due to the influence of the conservative clerical establishment. But as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman supports new cultural attractions, experts are wondering whether the power of these clerics has diminished. Raihan Ismail, professor of contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford University, spoke to The World's host Carolyn Beeler about what role the clerics play in Saudi society today.

Everything Near And Dear

EVERYTHING NEAR AND DEAR Vera Johnston July 10 1890, Suez Canal. Approaching Port Said.   The endless Suez Canal stretched on. The ditch of dirty No one could stand the sun on the Suez Canal, everyone hid in their cabins, and even then, they sat with fans, sweating; barely breathing. The closer to the earth, the redder the sky became. Rare stars were already beginning to twinkle in the silvery heights; the thin crescent of the moon glowing quiet and low above the pink half-light of the horizon

KRI Radjiman transits the Suez Canal - Middle East and Africa

Colonialism Trapped the Red Sea's Shipping

From piracy to the Ever Given, colonialism left hard scars.

Balloon Juice - On The Road - arrieve - The Suez Canal, part 2

Surprise! Saudi Arabia is no longer wholly-owned gas station of the United States

Giant ship Ever Given is finally on the move in Suez Canal as Egypt touts ?heroic feat?

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why US, Saudis aren't in a hurry to halt war in Gaza

If the major powers failed the Palestinians, their own race brothers were not very helpful either

Humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

THE EDITOR, Madam: December 8 was the sombre 43rd death anniversary of John Lennon and coincided with a special meeting of the 15-member Security Council at the United Nations Building quite close by his murder scene in New York City. The singer’...