Posts Tagged ‘ middle east ’

High time for a fly-in to Syria

Though risky, a civilian fly-in to Syria will send out a clear message that the world cannot stand idly by while ordinary people are slaughtered.

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Admiring the enemy

Despite the ugly war of words between Israelis and Arabs, Israel does also get some good press in the Arab world and has some surprising admirers.

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The Arab media paradox

Despite the general Arab decline in the press freedom rankings, the region’s media have, in many ways, actually become freer.

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Revolution@1: Sex and the citizen in Egypt and America

Revolution@1: Sex and the citizen in Egypt and America

Fundamentalists in America and Egypt are obsessed with "virtue "and "vice". But the rise of Islamists threatens to bind Egyptian women in a moral vice.

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Hacking away at Arab and Israeli stereotypes

Cyber attacks on Israel shock those who see Arabs as backward, but there are less hostile ways to hack away at mutual stereotypes.

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Israel’s Ahmadinejad and Iran’s Netanyahu

Ahmadinejad and Netanyahu are so alike it is hard to tell them apart. The best way to neutralise them is through a nuclear weapons-free Middle East.

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Special focus: Arab Spring

The Chronikler has focused on the political, social, economic and cultural dimensions of the Arab Spring. Follow our ongoing coverage here.

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Egyptian in the holy land

Egyptian in the holy land

As a rare Egyptian in Jerusalem, I have felt something akin to being a B-list celebrity.

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Should Arabs treat Erdoğan as a hero?

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received a hero’s welcome across the Arab world. But should Arabs welcome or be weary of Turkey’s greater engagement in the Middle East?

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9/12: Turning over a new leaf in the Middle East

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.

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