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Joseph Hincks
Middle East Correspondent for TIME
Recent Articles
What a Biden Win Could Mean for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
"The Palestinian leadership ... sees a Biden win as an opportunity to return to the negotiating table."
By Joseph Hincks
October 19, 2020
Here Are the Favorites to Win the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize committee is set to announce the winner of what is widely considered to be the world’s most prestigious prize on Oct 9. This year’s award may lack the centennial neatness of...
By Joseph Hincks
October 7, 2020
What Armenia and Azerbaijan's Fight Means for Rest of World
The revival of the 30-year conflict threatens to engulf Armenia and Azerbaijan in all-out war
By Joseph Hincks
October 6, 2020
Could Saudi Arabia Normalize Relations with Israel?
When Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman takes the throne, anything is possible
By Joseph Hincks
September 18, 2020
Why Israel Is Going Into a Second COVID-19 Lockdown
Here's how Israelis are reacting to the new restrictions
By Joseph Hincks
September 15, 2020
What the Arrest of a Prominent Jordanian Cartoonist Says About the State of Satire in the Arab World
The course of renowned Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj’s decades-long career has not always run smoothly. Becoming the first local satirist to portray Jordan’s King Abdullah II in cartoon form in 2000 cost him his staff...
By Joseph Hincks
September 11, 2020
'Now People Can Read the Truth.' A Former FBI Agent's Memoir on the War on Terror Is Declassified After 9 Years
Ali Soufan's memoir was censored by the CIA on national security grounds. Until now.
By Joseph Hincks
September 7, 2020
Greece and Turkey's Mediterranean Standoff, Explained
"Any small spark could lead to catastrophe"
By Joseph Hincks
August 28, 2020
The Activist Risking Her Life to Get Iran's Political Prisoners Out
It was the acclaimed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh whom activist Shaparak Shajarizadeh credits with saving her life. Detained in February 2018 for taking part in the White Wednesday civil disobedience movement against Iran’s...
By Joseph Hincks
August 14, 2020
Beirut Was Already Suffering. Then Came a Deadly Explosion
Tuesday’s blast will heap yet more pressure on Lebanon’s government
By Joseph Hincks
August 5, 2020
What China's New Deal with Iran Says About Its Ambitions in the Region
And what it might mean for the U.S.
By Joseph Hincks
July 29, 2020
Turkey's President Erdogan Vies to Remake a Museum as a Mosque
As a court prepares to rule on the ancient monument, polls suggest Turks are split over the question of its future
By Joseph Hincks / Istanbul
July 9, 2020
How George Floyd's Death Spoke to a Syrian Artist
“We’re trying to show that despite being bombed and losing people, and then being called terrorists, we still feel empathy."
By Joseph Hincks
June 6, 2020
How COVID-19 Spread Undetected Through Yemen
When international aid agency Doctors Without Borders took over management of the COVID-19 treatment center at a hospital in the Yemeni city of Aden on May 7, one of the immediate challenges was convincing cleaners,...
By Joseph Hincks
May 28, 2020
Two Years On, Sister of Jailed Saudi Women's Rights Activist Pleads for Justice
When Saudi Arabian security forces raided her family’s Riyadh home on May 15, 2018, dragging her sister Loujain out at gunpoint, Lina al-Hathloul was thousands of miles away in Brussels. Two months earlier, UAE security...
By Joseph Hincks
May 15, 2020
With the World Busy Fighting COVID-19, Could ISIS Mount a Resurgence?
ISIS has already 'specifically exploited' the pandemic to undertake attacks, experts believe
By Joseph Hincks
April 29, 2020
How Greece Avoided the Worst of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Despite its debt, tourism and elderly population, Greece has managed to avoid the worst of the pandemic
By Billy Perrigo and Joseph Hincks
April 21, 2020
Israelis Just Showed the World What a Socially Distant Protest Looks Like
Opposition politicians gathered alongside citizens, spaced 2 meters apart, as a political crisis continues to engulf the country
By Joseph Hincks
April 20, 2020
What Trump's WHO Move Means for Global Health
“This is absolutely the worst thing that could have happened, at the worst time”
By Aryn Baker and Joseph Hincks
April 17, 2020
Israel Keeps Virus, And Aid, Out of Gaza
“For the first time in our lives, the blockade gives us an advantage.”
By Joseph Hincks
April 3, 2020
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