The Arabs, apartheid South Africa and Israel
Reactions to apartheid South Africa differed across the Arab world and were coloured both by anti-colonial solidarity and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Read MoreReactions to apartheid South Africa differed across the Arab world and were coloured both by anti-colonial solidarity and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Read MoreThe Palestinians have yet to produce their own Nelson Mandela but, likewise, an Israeli FW de Klerk has yet to emerge
Read MoreSinterklaas (Santa Claus) brings joy to millions in the Low Countries. But his dark-faced helpers, Zwarte Pieten, are racist and a colonial throwback.
Read MoreDe aanslag op het consulaat in Benghazi was geen verrassing. De voortekens waren al lang zichtbaar.
Read MoreWas Robert Mugabe’s appointment as UN ‘tourism ambassador’ an unforgivable travesty or can ‘guilt-edged tourism’ trigger reform in dictatorships?
Read MoreHalf a century after the inundation, Nubians may finally gain recognition and redress for the loss of their homeland.
Read MoreAfricans in the Holy Land are challenging the whitewashing of their identities and are taking greater pride in their black heritage.
Read MoreBelgium was one of the ‘Friends of Libya’ in Paris. But does the prime minister realise that these Libyan ‘friends’ include a former al-Qaeda fighter?
Read MoreZahi Hawass may liken himself to Indiana Jones, but the minister of antiquities is one artifact of the old regime Egyptians want to live without.
Read MoreThough the ‘Arab’ revolution started in North Africa, most debate has focused on the Arab world, but what about the rest of Africa?
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