Tag: Near and Middle East
Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner: in Iran, a long-term fight
Twenty years later, the story stammers. An Iranian woman, defender of human rights, particularly of women and children, receives the most highly symbolic distinction from the Oslo jury. Like Iranian…
Syria: fear of escalation after attack on military academy
The toll is very heavy. More than 110 people were killed Thursday in an attack on a military academy in Syria, which promised to “respond firmly”, raising fears of an…
Tourism in the Middle East: “Arab operators flirt with the Chinese bourgeoisie”
Israelis in swimsuits in Dubai, hundreds of thousands of spectators in Qatar to watch football matches and even a few handfuls of Westerners visiting the still smoking ruins of Syria.…
Nagorno-Karabakh: in France, the “feeling of helplessness” of the Armenian community
On November 3, 1896, Jean Jaurès admonished the ministers present in the Hemicycle and “hypocritical” Europe with a round of remonstrations, accusing them of ignoring the massacres committed by the…
Gulf countries: a culture under French influence
Subsoil resources have made the oil-producing countries of the Middle East as rich as Croesus. But the time has come for a change of strategy: with a lot of “starchitects”…
In Saudi Arabia, the revolution also involves culture
In the middle of the Saudi desert, surrounded by burning sand, Maraya looks like a mirage at the end of summer. This unique concert hall in the world, covered by…
Attack in Türkiye: Erdogan’s charge against the EU
Turkey on Sunday warned “terrorists” and carried out airstrikes against the PKK in Iraqi Kurdistan, a few hours after a suicide attack by the organization, which left two people injured…
“They are making tourism take off”: Iraq and Syria, new playgrounds for travel influencers
One day, perhaps, the football gods will let Lionel Messi retire. In the meantime, the Argentine genius has already found his career path: he was recruited last year by Saudi…
Dubai, a tourist success that inspires its neighbors
Las Vegas by the sea, without the casinos. If Dubai is so often compared to the kingdom of American vice, it is not for its dark side, but for the…
Tourism: nine months later, Qatar still hopes for a global effect
This Sunday, December 18, 2022, the Football World Cup has just ended. Night has fallen for many hours in Doha. At the foot of the boulevards of The Pearl, an…