“Civilizations die by suicide, not by murder.” With this striking observation, the British historian Arnold Toynbee summarized in his renowned study on the rise and fall of civilizations one of the profound truths of history: nations do not collapse merely because crises occur, but because they fail to respond to them.
Storms
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) at the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC) has unveiled the longlisted works for the Translation, Contribution to the Development of Nations, and Literary and Art Criticism categories for its 20th edition (2025-2026). The lists were announced as the judging committees began the evaluation of all
A title which is full of meaning, significant and suggestive, that transports the reader
to many detailed horizons, and leads to confusion on how to handle it, how to start,
and how to digest the ingeniousness of the concept, as well as how to read
between the lines. Further, she delves deep in the sea of experimentation and complies with
A mission of archaeologists has discovered an ancient city dating back around five thousand years in Iraq's Kurdistan Region.
The Directorate of Antiquities and Heritage in Duhok Governorate stated today that the city includes the largest cemetery with clay coffins dating back to the Hellenistic period (300 BC). This discovery came
In the restless moments of waiting in Cairo, I wandered between the ebbing of words and the depth of ideas, torn between the ache of loss and the demands of study and the future ahead.
I spoke to myself once, then again, then again—until I found solace in patience and summoned my unyielding resolve.
I remained in the company of my
