For ordinary Tunisians, there are few things that are “braver” in Tunisian politics than going after Kamal Ltaief. Saied has no legal grounds to arrest Ltaief. However, he is well aware that in doing so, there will be large sections of the Tunisian population who will be surprised that Saied has gone “where no one dared to go before him” and may well temper criticism of Saied from his supporters of having achieved “nothing” for them since seizing power for himself.

Burhan (with the help of Egypt) is on the verge of successfully subverting the framework agreement signed last month. Now he is seeking out Israel to help him handle the expected fallout with Washington…

Jitters as the UAE-Saudi-backed Crown Prince delays in appointing a new PM…

Riyadh is not happy with the way Sisi spends its money…

US is not against Israel seizing and annexing more lands in the West Bank. Support for this is ‘ironclad’. The problem is the crude, blunt, PR-less manner Netanyahu is going about it which is causing discomfort amidst changing public perceptions at home of US and EU support.

But the problem, and solution, lies is in Washington…

A Saudi female TikToker and two friends danced in a street in Jeddah and uploaded the video. They were arrested for public indecency, but released. Let’s talk about how this aligns with the giant raves and ‘opening up’ of Vision 2030.

But Abu Dhabi believes Biden’s options are limited…

But you can’t help feeling there is more to it than economic interest

Al-Sharawy was a religious superstar in the Arab and Muslim world. He had a unique, eccentric, and very charismatic style of preaching and story-telling that became exceptionally popular. Let’s talk about why his legacy is suddenly being called ‘regressive’ and ‘extremist’.