Bestselling Israeli historian Shlomo Sand on identity politics, political despair, why Lieberman is right... and drowning sorrows with Mahmoud Darwish.
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Bestselling Israeli historian Shlomo Sand on identity politics, political despair, why Lieberman is right... and drowning sorrows with Mahmoud Darwish.
As Hizbullah sides with its brutal backers in Damascus, are the Shi'ite movement's days numbered or can it regain its popularity and credibility?
As Israeli-Palestinian peace talks fail again, it is time to build a New Canaan of diversity, tolerance and peace based on reimagined identities.
Although alcohol is 'haraam', Muslim societies have rarely managed to stay on the wagon, and vital parts of their culture have developed under the influence.
On the 10th anniversary of the day after 9/11, it is high time to trash the ‘clash of civilisations’ theory and the ‘war on terror’ and start a new chapter in the West’s relationship with the new Middle East.
Only self-hating Arabs and Jews can save the Middle East from itself.
Egyptian atheists and religious sceptics are a minority that exists in reality but not in official statistics.
