Millions of Americans believe that God requires them to offer unconditional moral, financial, political and military support to Israel. They are Christian Zionists, the West's religious fundamentalists, and, guided by a literal reading of the Bible, they are convinced that Jerusalem will be the epic[...]
Yemen is the dark horse of the Middle East. Every so often it enters the headlines for one alarming reason or another - links with al-Qaeda, kidnapped Westerners, explosive population growth - then sinks into obscurity again. But, as Victoria Clark argues in this riveting book, we ignore Yemen at ou[...]
What did dictators eat? Sometimes simply obscene amounts of the best their nations could offer, but more often their humble origins, or embarrassing medical conditions, or simple lack of interest in food meant their tastes were unpretentious - ranging from human flesh, to raw garlic salad, to Qual[...]