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The Middle East & North Africa Lockdown Diaries: OMAN – D. Michael

With Covid-19 causing chaos throughout the world, we decided to conduct a series of interviews with people across the Middle East and North Africa to try to understand how the effects are being felt across the region. In this interview, Oman-based teacher and podcaster D. Michael shares his reflections.

24 hours in Bahrain

Like its other Gulf cousins (Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi…), the Bahraini capital of Manama is…

Saudi Arabia and Iran: Playing with Fire in Petroland

“Aren’t the Saudis your friends?” the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, once asked President Obama.…