I appreciated Richard N. Haass’s piece below. The lessons drawn are especially worth considering.

What Washington has failed to grasp is that this is not merely a geopolitical rivalry — it is a clash of models. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

إلى لبنان الحبيب .. يجب ان تعلموا انكم البلد المقرب إلى قلوبنا جميعا ...لعنة الله على كل من تسبب فى هذا الالم و الخراب ..لكنكم قدها و قدود و ستخرجوا من هذه الأزمة أقوى و أنجح كما خرجتم من الأزمات السابقة ..اما الحساب فهو عند الله سبحانه و تعالى ..لكم حبى و مؤازرتي..🙏❤️

الله يرحم شهداء الوطن والذين توفوا على رأس عملهم في الحفاظ على أمن موارد السعودية .. لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله

The cedar of Lebanon ❤️

رحم الله البطل جرّاح بن محمد الخالدي 🇸🇦

Judges Fired After Blocking Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/… via The New York Times

Iran War Deepens Divide Among Democrats Over Arming Israel nytimes.com/2026/04/15/us/… via The New York Times

The word of the day is HABIBI! Happy #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth from Ramy Youssef, Elmo, and all of your friends on Sesame Street!

The Man Who Could Be Apple’s Next C.E.O. nytimes.com/2026/01/08/tec… via @NYTimes

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A good example of the unintended consequences of practices and policies that cede power to an opponent. Then aggregate it over time. Even small potatoes add up.

7 ate 9🍴😋😉

washingtonpost.com/wellness/2026/…

The developed and developing worlds are not locations; they are states of mind.

Thank you, friends.

Jay Powell has vowed to continue as a Federal Reserve governor as he used his last meeting as the central bank’s chair to issue his most strident rebuke of Donald Trump’s attacks on the institution. ft.trib.al/Cp5iUiw

How Trump’s Iran Blockade Is Complicating a High-Stakes Trip to China nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/… via @NYTimes

Banksy unveiled a new sculpture in Waterloo Place, London. A suited man blinded by his own flag and walking off a plinth, widely read as satire on blind patriotism.