Tatami: Israeli-Iranian film delivers a knockout but ducks the politics of boycott
Beautifully shot and told, the film by Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi suffers for its refusal to explore why Israel is boycotted by Middle Eastern athletes
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Beautifully shot and told, the film by Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi suffers for its refusal to explore why Israel is boycotted by Middle Eastern athletes
Without U.S. engagement the Middle East is assuming peace and stability as a new balance of power quickly develops.
There’s the Tunisian woman who fasts during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, though not for God. Such are the ways that some of the religiously unaffiliated, or “nones” — people who are agnostics, atheists or nothing in particular — negotiate their existence in the Middle East and North Africa where religion is often ingrained in life’s very fabric. In Muslim-majority countries, they’re in the minarets defining skylines, the headscarves donned by many women, the omnipresent call to prayer that beckons the faithful five times a day, and the r...
Without U.S. engagement the Middle East is assuming peace and stability as a new balance of power quickly develops.
Brought over from the Indian subcontinent, mangoes are a recent addition to the Middle East, however, they've quickly become a summer staple. But despite this growing popularity, climate change has threatened to hamper this success.