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Khulthum Odeh (1892-1965) is often regarded as the first Arab woman ever to be appointed professor. Born in Nazareth, Odeh immigrated to Russia in 1914 where, in the early 1930s, she founded an institute of Arabic studies at the University…

The US-brokered peace talks are close to collapse: Palestinians and Israelis are considering what will happen “the day after”. The latter is the title of a report released a few weeks ago by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey…

A dieci anni dalla rivoluzione arancione l’Ucraina è tornata al centro dell'interesse di tutto il mondo. Ancora una volta il cuore della disputa è l’annosa questione dell’orientamento in politica estera. Del resto, il nome Ucraina significa…

The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi have crystallized the basic tenets of Russia’s uneasy relationship with the West and distilled what is becoming the country’s new identity. When Vladimir Putin and his government conceived the Sochi Games…

Sozialtourismus (“Welfare Tourism”) has been named the most inappropriate word of the year in Germany. Behind the term is the concept of EU immigrants claiming state benefits without having worked and made social contributions themselves –…