While most analysts dismiss Iran's stock market as too manipulated by the state to matter, even authoritarian financial markets can serve as a window into otherwise opaque elite interests. In recent decades, the Tehran Stock Exchange has foretold which sanctions worked, and which didn’t.
Morocco controls 70% of the world’s phosphate, an irreplaceable mineral which the future of agriculture and green energy depends on, as American and Chinese reserves are slowly depleted. China has spent the past decade deepening investments and moving manufacturing to the country — is the United States now realizing the need to follow suit?
Artist Zeina Hamady transforms grief, nature, and memory into an immersive Beirut exhibition where biodegradable artworks invite visitors to heal, reflect, and reconnect through beauty.
Beirut Art Days transformed the city into a vibrant celebration of resilience, bringing together artists, galleries, and audiences through exhibitions that explored identity, healing, belonging, and the enduring power of culture.
