Chris Doyle

Book Club: Prominent French historian Jean-Pierre Filiu's latest book is a comprehensive exploration of the Middle East's political history, from the split-up of the Roman Empire in 395AD to the counter-revolutions of the present-day.

Book Club: Israel's theft of Palestine's water supply has suffocated Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. A fiercely contested and vital resource, water supply is a major battleground that oscillates between technology and land rights.

Book Club: Former UN representative in Libya Ian Martin's latest book offers an honest assessment of NATO's US-backed intervention in Libya and, as the country continues to struggle for stability, whether things should have been done differently.

Book Club: In an engaging contribution to the literature on Jerusalem's famed Old City, Matthew Teller's latest offering presents Jerusalem as a once dynamic city that has since been fractured by efforts to homogenise it along ethno-religious lines.

Book Club: Di Giovanni's personal and multi-faceted portrait of Christians in the Middle East is a welcome departure from texts that seek to demonise other religions in the region, or use Christians as a politico-religious pawn in foreign policy.

Despite COVID-19's universally adverse impact, Arab refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have, once again, bore the brunt of regional isolationism. In his piece, Chris Doyle elaborates on this apathy, and why it's a ticking time bomb.

Book Club: The memoir is of high value particularly for those who want to get a taste of how handling Brexit and Trump felt like from the inside.

Book Club: A compelling memoir by one of the first Arabs to go to Eton, Adel Dajani's account of life in Libya is bookended by tragic family experiences in Palestine.

Book Club: Joby Warrick's new book takes a detailed look at the use of chemical weapons in Syria and the extraordinary efforts to rid the country of these dangerous materials.