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101

Nicolas Pelham: Morocco's Missing King

102

A Mezze: From Stable to Table—Egypt's Donkey Meat Controversy

103

Hafsa Halawa: Egypt's Economic Turmoil

104

A Mezze: Power Plays

105

Killian Clarke: Egypt's Counterrevolution and the Return to Tyranny

106

A Mezze: An Uphill Battle

107

Ayham Kamel: The Gulf's Regional Diplomacy

108

A Mezze: Help Wanted, But Not Found

109

Ali Vaez: Iran's Regional Policy

110

A Mezze: Saudi Arabia's New Anime Journey

111

Iraq 20 Years Later with Marsin Alshamary and Hamzeh Hadad

112

A Mezze: Going Green with Envy

113

Will Todman: Powering Recovery

114

A Mezze: From Beijing to Jerusalem

115

Natasha Hall: The Aftermath of Earthquakes in Syria

116

A Mezze: On the Hook

117

Bilahari Kausikan: The Middle East in a Multipolar World

118

A Mezze: Salmon Farming in the UAE

119

Hanna Notte: Russia in the Middle East After Ukraine

120

A Mezze: Untying the Knot

121

Jihad Azour: The Middle East's Economic Outlook

122

A Mezze: Weed Whacking

123

Khalid Albaih: The Information Bubble

124

A Mezze: Blame it on the Bitcoin

125

C. Raja Mohan: India's Middle East Strategy

126

A Mezze: Patching Jordan's Water Leaks

127

Tamar Hermann: Israel's Rightward Shift

128

A Mezze: Toons That Teach

129

Helen Lackner: Yemen in Conflict

130

A Mezze: Syrians Need Not Apply

131

COP 27 Preview: Electrifying the Middle East with Ali al-Saffar

132

A Mezze: Meat Market

133

Mahsa Alimardani: Protest, Social Media, and Censorship in Iran

134

A Mezze: Honey, I Froze the Kids

135

Sami Atallah: Lebanon's Freefall

136

A Mezze: Volunteer Trash Collectors

137

Marc Owen Jones: Real News, Fake News, and No News

138

A Mezze: It Takes a Village to Protect a River

139

Olivia Lazard: Climate in the Middle East

140

A Mezze: Deus ex Trafica

141

Marsin Alshamary: Iraq's Political Crisis

142

A Mezze: Egypt's Killer Cuisine

143

Accountability in Syria

144

A Mezze: Taking the Heat

145

Henry Rome: Nuclear Negotiations with Iran

146

A Mezze: Lebanon's Brewing Crisis

147

Gregory Gause: President Biden's Trip to Saudi Arabia

148

A Mezze: No Milk, No Honey

149

Frank Verrastro: The Middle East and Global Energy Markets

150

A Mezze: The DNA of Moroccan Society

151

Nadia Oweidat: Disinformation in the Arab World

152

A Mezze: Locals Be Dammed

153

Frederic Hof: Lessons Learned from U.S. Negotiations with Syria

154

A Mezze: Junked Food

155

Haider al-Abadi: Iraq and the Fight Against the Islamic State

156

A Mezze: Dental Freelancers

157

Tim Lenderking: Hope in Yemen?

158

A Mezze: Algeria's Poorly Oiled Machine

159

U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part Seven

160

U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part Six

161

U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part Five

162

U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part Four

163

U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part Three

164

U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part Two

165

U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part One

166

Jane Arraf: Not Your Mother's Iraq

167

A Mezze: Beauty Therapy

168

Natasha Hall: Rescuing Aid in Syria

169

A Mezze: Morocco's Sand Mafias

170

Jason Rezaian: What We Get Wrong About Iran

171

A Mezze: An Olive's Odyssey

172

Bassem Youssef: Satire and Dissent

173

A Mezze: High-Tech Hajj

174

Gulf Youth and the Urge for Change

175

A Mezze: Water Woes

176

In and Out of the Ivory Tower

177

A Mezze: A Grave Dilemma

178

A Mezze: Camel Corruption Crackdown

179

Authoritarian Nostalgia in Libya

180

A Mezze: Killer Congestion

181

The Middle East's Political Economies

182

A Mezze: A Hard Pill to Swallow

183

Levantine Contrasts

184

A Mezze: Learning Curve

185

Competing Views of the United States

186

A Mezze: New Housewives of Egypt

187

Tunisia's Popular Authoritarian

188

A Mezze: Balancing Priorities

189

Iran's Interests in Afghanistan

190

A Mezze: Morocco's Mixed Harvest

191

The Global Energy Transition

192

A Mezze: Abu Dhabi Goes Green for Greens

193

U.S. Restraint in the Middle East

194

A Mezze: Women's Work

195

Yemen's Civil War

196

A Mezze: Spending to Save

197

Iran's Future

198

A Mezze: Reeding between the Lines

199

The Politicization of Aid in Syria

200

A Mezze: Gold from Garbage