The Latest Breaking News from Edward Said

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

As war rages in Gaza, the scholar and activist’s words feel prescient. That’s because so little has changed

Jointly awarded Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament & Development to Daniel Barenboim & Ali Abu Awwad for their efforts in resolving Israel-Palestine conflict.

Like so many other Palestinians, my friend Abeer Salah (not her real name) lives in exile. For Salah, home is Baqa’a refugee camp 20 kilometres north of Jordan’s capital of Amman. But she has family and friends trapped in Gaza. Since the horrific Hamas attacks of Oct. 7 and Israel’s…

Writers and Middle East specialists choose key works – histories, novels, podcasts, documentaries and more – to explain the current crisis

Letters: A three-state solution, whereby Gaza reverts to Egyptian control and the West Bank becomes part of Jordan, has been tried before and worked, argues Dr Martin A Smith. Plus letters from Janet Dubé and Mike Reed

Beyond their simple colours and shapes, these fruits carry the weight of history, shared culture, and loss.

Baghdad native and former architect Ghaith Abdul-Ahad traces his start as a journalist to the day Saddam Hussein’s statue was toppled in central Baghdad, on April 9 2003 – two weeks after US troops invaded the city.

Governor Ravi’s argument defies the principle of the concept of linguistic States

Before the US-led coalition’s occupation of Iraq starting in March 2003, there was at least one subject upon which certain advocates and opponents of the war agreed: that the invasion was imperialistic. Both sides weaponised the historical role western imperialism played in the Middle East in an equally pragmatic and…

Oe said interviewing Chairman Mao was “so boring”