Arab liberalism was the product of Egypt’s and the Levant’s experience in the 19th century of opening up to Western modernity, not only in terms of importing from Europe the tools to initiate ...

Show more Egyptian author Tarek Osman uncovers the history of the modern Arab world by tracing some of the great political dreams that have shaped it, from the nineteenth century to the Arab Spring.

An ancient Megillat Esther scroll dating back to the 19th century, bearing rare stamps from the community of Gaza expatriates ...