Wadah Khanfar | 15 April 2020
The Making Of The Post-Pandemic International Order Moments in world history which establish or destroy international order are usually unleashed by the same events. Of them, war is the most consequential phenomenon. Next to [...]
Wadah Khanfar | 05 April 2020 | TR | AR
As the Western countries grow relatively preoccupied with the containment of the pandemic and its repercussions on internal fronts, the MENA region is expected to experience increased volatility. Lacking the capacity to mitigate the economic [...]
Wadah Khanfar | 19 February 2019
THE DEEP STATE CONSUMES ITSELF Eight years ago this month, the Egyptian people ousted their long-ruling, aging autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power. People were jubilant, hopeful and forward-looking in Tahrir square. This was a rare [...]
Wadah Khanfar | 07 January 2019 | AR
2018 Was A Dark Turn Towards Autocracy. Will 2019 Bring Change? Throughout 2018, the Arab world continued to slide down to new lows. We stand before brutality led by blood-thirsty generals, by despotic princes and [...]
Wadah Khanfar | 06 January 2019
Throughout 2018, the Arab world continued to slide down to new lows. We stand before brutality led by blood-thirsty generals, by despotic princes and by corrupt politicians. It is a scene that will burden the [...]
Wadah Khanfar | 20 October 2018 | AR
“Say your word and move on.” This is what Jamal Khashoggi used to say after he chose exile far away from his homeland and his family. He was a profound believer in his mission as a journalist. [...]
Wadah Khanfar | 06 July 2017
Many springs have gone by since those few months in 2011 when Wadah Khanfar decided that the television network he headed, Al Jazeera,
Wadah Khanfar | 29 June 2017
Many states at different times have tried to contain al-Jazeera or force it to tone down its coverage. But with last week’s call to shut the network down, the Saudis and Emiratis have surpassed themselves. The [...]
Wadah Khanfar | 20 June 2017 | AR
Saudi Arabia, Egypt and most Gulf states have joined an unprecedented diplomatic and economic attack on Qatar — cutting off the thumb which sticks out in to the Gulf — accusing it of funding terrorism. But at the centre [...]
Wadah Khanfar | 09 June 2017
The move of Saudi Arabia,the UAE and Bahrain against Qatar was swift. It was launched on the back of a fake news report placed by hackers on the website of Qatar’s official news agency. That [...]
