Friday, October 3, 2025

How Iran Plans to Fight America And Dominate the Middle East

With the creeping possibility of a nuclear breakout, its vigorous sponsorship of international non-state armed groups, and its escalating...

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: from Balfour Promise to Bush Declaration: The Complications and the Road for a Lasting Peace

In the coming five to ten years, the highest number of key global security challenges will likely be concentrated...

Jihad’s New Heartlands: Why the West Has Failed to Contain Islamic Fundamentalism

by Gabriel G. Tabarani  "Jihad's New Heartlands: How the West Has Failed to Contain Islamic Fundamentalism" is a groundbreaking book offering...

AboutMe

Gabriel G Tabarani is a recognised expert on Middle East and North African affairs. He graduated from the French University in Beirut (St Joseph), specialising in Political and Economic Sciences. He started working in 1973 as a reporter and journalist for the pan-Arab magazine “Al-Hawadess” in Lebanon, later becoming its Washington, D.C. correspondent. He subsequently moved to London in 1979, joining “Al-Majallah” magazine as its Deputy Managing Editor.

Asswak Al-Arab

A monthly political and economic magazine, covering a wide range of topics, published in London by Asswak Al-Arab Publishing Ltd.

Over the course of fifty years, Gabriel Tabarani wrote thousands of articles, most of them in Arabic (Visit www.asswak-alarab.com). Below are some of the articles he wrote in English, which of course do not represent everything he wrote.

Culture as Capital: Why Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Market Is the Kingdom’s Next Big Bet

Gabriel G Tabarani The story of Saudi Arabia’s transformation is often told in terms of oil diversification, giga-projects, or tourism mega-events. Yet one of the...

Culture as Capital: Why Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Market Is the Kingdom’s Next Big Bet

Gabriel G Tabarani The story of Saudi Arabia’s transformation is...

Trade Wars and the Dollar’s Dangerous Weakening Grip

Gabriel G. Tabarani For nearly eight decades, the U.S. dollar...

Israel, Palestine, and the Politics of Dead Ends

Gabriel G. Tabarani The Middle East has rarely been short...

Oman: grappling with the challenges of climate change and striving for sustainability

Gabriel G Tabarani Oman, with its rugged deserts, ancient "aflaj"...

How the Gulf region reshaping official Islam

Gabriel G. Tabarani In the glittering skylines of Doha, Dubai,...

The Fictions That Shape U.S. Policy in the Middle East

Gabriel G. Tabarani For decades, U.S. policy in the Middle...

Europe’s Tightrope: Navigating Between Washington and Beijing

Gabriel G. Tabarani As the United States and China continue...