Youssef Zaghloul is Egyptian and has a background in computer engineering. After studying at the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology in Alexandria and spending an exchange year at Kyushu University in Japan, he discovered computational linguistics and natural language processing. Lately, his academic path has taken him to Spain and Italy, within the framework of a European Master in Linguistic Data Science (EMLDS), promoted by the Catholic University of Milan, the University of Zaragoza, and the Nova University of Lisbon. While the Arab world is generally represented as dominated by the nostalgia of its past, some countries are in fact heavily investing in technological innovation and artificial intelligence

The signing of the Memorandum between the United States and Iran has temporarily halted the war but left the decisive issues unresolved. Instead, it reveals the limits of military force and the failure of the regional strategy designed to contain Tehran

From the story of Esther to the rhetoric on Iran and Palestine: how the Purim narrative is being enlisted in Israeli nationalist-religious discourse and why a comprehensive reading of the Bible undercuts its use as a justification for war.

During nearly forty years in Pakistan, the Dutch Franciscan missionary carried out an unparalleled body of biblical and liturgical translations that enabled the emerging local Catholic Church to enter into profound dialogue with the country’s Muslim spirituality. An interview with American scholar Charles Ramsey

Over the years, the Afghan branch of ISIS has managed to evolve from being a disparate and precarious rabble into a disciplined, efficient and ideologised group with the capacity to extend its operations beyond the purely regional level

Equality between men and women is back on the table in the North African country. Women’s associations call for an end to discrimination in inheritance and children’s legal guardianship. The king seems willing to accommodate these demands, but Islamists oppose them