Rebecca Anne Proctor

Rebecca Anne Proctor is an independent journalist, editor, author, and broadcaster based in Dubai and Rome, from where she covers the Middle East and North Africa. She is the former editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar Art and Harper’s Bazaar Interiors.

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Sons of Yusuf

Join us for the closing celebration of MEI's Beyond the Weave exhibition, featuring a live performance by pioneering Kuwaiti hip-hop duo Sons of Yusuf.

MEI Art Gallery – August First Friday Open House

Join us at our last First Friday Open House to see our exhibition Beyond the Weave: Contemporary Dialogues with AlSadu.

A Strategy to Win in Lebanon

Achieving a Permanent End to the Israel-Lebanon Conflict

The West Bank’s Collapsing Economy

Lebanon-Israel Border Disputes: A Guide for American Mediation

Setting the Lebanese Armed Forces Up for Success

Operationalizing the Trilateral Framework Agreement

Lebanon Is Washington’s Next Win

Hizballah’s Deep State: The Real Challenge of Disarmament in Lebanon

From Player to Referee: Dismantling the Culture of Entitlement and Cartelization in Lebanon

Owning the Recovery: Supporting Lebanese-Led Reconstruction Without Repeating the Past

What the Gulf (and America) Can Learn from Ukraine

This past June, I had the opportunity to visit Ukraine and see a bit of a war I heretofore had only read about. The contrasts with the Middle Eastern wars I had experienced were stunning, as was, in particular, the juxtaposition with the current Iran conflict and the ongoing threat to our Gulf allies. There are lessons to be learned about commitment, intensity, self-reliance, and the importance of alliances. They could serve our allies and ourselves well in both theaters.