The Middle East’s 21st century is defined less by grand ideologies and more by hybrid nationalism, post-Islamism, and pragmatic power politics.
By Nadeem Farooq Paracha

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Forever Brawls: Political And Ideological History Of The Modern Middle East The Middle East has transitioned from the religious-imperial Ottoman framework to ethnic nationalisms, and now into a complex

From Pan-Arabism to Post-Islamism, Middle Eastern politics has moved into a grey zone where ideolo
By Nadeem Farooq Paracha

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Holy irony: how a theocracy secularized Iran Half a century of rule built on clerical authority has secularized Iran, available data suggests, with most still believing in God but not in the theocracy.

Holy irony: 50 years of clerical rule have inadvertently secularized Iran. 🕌➡️👤 While 96% still identify as Muslim, 73% now favor separating religion from state. It’s not the death of faith, but the end of political Islam. Read more! #Iran #Secularism #Theocracy #MiddleEastPolitics #PostIslamism