Abadan, The Rise and Demise of an Oil Metropolis
The image of Abadan as a vanguard city of oil-driven modernity was transformed by its role in the 19[...]

Abadan, The Rise and Demise of an Oil MetropolisIn its summer 2018 issue (287), Middle East Report published articles on the sources of displacement, dispossession, and loss found throughout urban areas in th...
Stop Denigrating Public IntellectualsIn her latest op-ed in Guardian, Elif Shafak writes about the importance of West’s public intellectuals to raise their voices against the trend of populism, nat...
Sunni – Shia Divide in Plain Language!How do they differ? Politics, competition, influence and power fuel the current sectarian tensions between Shia and Sunni Muslims, the two largest branches of ...
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