Loay Alshareef

Loay Alshareef

A passionate linguist, Loay is "focusing on bringing people together and showing the beauty of my beloved UAE. A big advocator of Abraham Accords and how the tent of Abraham is rebuilt in the new Middle East."

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Have Syria’s new rulers really left jihadism behind?

Replacing one form of extremism with another is not a solution

By Loay Alshareef

3 min read
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (Andriy Sybiga) (C-L) leads a delegation of officials including Agriculture Minister Vitaliy Koval (2nd-L) as they are received by Syria's new leader and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) chief Ahmed al-Sharaa (C-R) in Damascus on December 30, 2024. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)
Hamas wants a caliphate, not a Palestinian state

Hamas wants a caliphate, not a Palestinian state

2 min read
Muslims walk towards the Dome of the Rock shrine at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem on June 11, 2023. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP) (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

It would be wonderful if Muslims remembered Jerusalem’s significance to Jews

3 min read