Dear Readers,

This edition presents five articles covering a variety of timely and engaging theme, titled Reconstructing Female Subjectivity: Saudi Vision 2030 Amidst Wahhabi Orthodoxy and the Post-Oil Development Transformation Agenda; From Epic to Resistance: The Shahnameh as a Memory of Modern Iranian Civilization; The Influence of Geopolitical Awareness on Indonesian Students' Critical Attitudes in Egypt to the Israel-Palestine Conflict; Israel's Strategy Against the BDS Movement: Conflicting Narratives in the Israel-Palestine Conflict (2017-2019); and Turkey's Foreign Policy Against the Yekitiya Democrat Party in Northern Syria (2016-2019).

We hope that this edition enriches readers' understanding of the Middle East and inspires further academic discussion. We invite researchers and scholars to contribute original manuscripts exploring the region from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, including politics, international relations, history, religion, and culture. Submission guidelines are accessible via the  link provided.