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Finally, a journalist-driven publication covering West Asia that represents the tens of millions of regional voices not heard in the world’s English-language media.
That’s not our only differentiator. We are also not owned by any of our donors, and so they have no say over what we write or don’t write.
We chose the name The Cradle as a reminder that the cradle of civilization was borne of this region, when men and women decided to settle in a single (no doubt, gorgeous) spot and grow their food. West Asia is the start of history in so many ways, but today the region has lost its roots largely because non-sovereign states act as pawns in the geopolitical calculations of The Other.
Une nouvelle source en anglais sur « l’Asie occidentale » comme on dit de nos jours... Avec par exemple un entretien passionnant avec un ancien diplomate US, Chas Ferman : Ambassador Chas Freeman : ’The Abraham accords are a diversion, not a path to peace’