Arabs with altitude and the fine art of terrorism
If you are or look like a Muslim or Arab, whatever you do, do not read, sweat or speak Arabic when flying.... Read more.
The misogynistic mirage of the meek Muslim woman
Incurable misogynist Donald Trump has Muslim women all wrong. They are not silent and submissive.... Read more.
Eid: Caught between spiritual oasis and consumerist paradise
Despite having acquired some 21st-century trappings, Eid al-Fitr’s mix of religion and revelry is centuries old.... Read more.
The folly of the Arab world’s nuclear energy dream
Investing in nuclear energy makes no economic, geostrategic or environmental sense in the Arab world. Renewables will provide the only sunny future.... Read more.
Egypt’s economic paradox: Income equality v wealth inequality
Despite having one of the world's highest levels of income equality, Egypt's wealth gap is growing to become one of the widest. What is behind this paradox?... Read more.
Egypt’s pharaoh illusion
The idea that Egyptians are docile sheeple who need a pharaoh to shepherd them is a myth that dates back to the not-so-ancient times of the Nasser era.... Read more.
Eutopian nightmares for refugees in Europe
By Boštjan Videmšek/DELO By raising the drawbridge in the face of desperate refugees and succumbing to bigotry and hatred, the EU's utopian... Read more.
Giulio Regeni is the tip of Egypt’s police brutality iceberg
Many Egyptians find the allegation that the Italian student Giulio Regeni was killed by Egypt’s notorious security apparatus chillingly plausible. Italy mus... Read more.
The Arab media paradox: Free expression amid repression
Frustratingly for Arab dictators and despots, no matter how much they try to silence, intimidate or co-opt the media, new loud and critical voices emerge.... Read more.
This is not a refugee “hotspot”. It’s a prison!
Following the EU-Turkey deal, refugees in Greece are being held in so-called "hotspots", which are actually prisons, and many are now on hunger strike.... Read more.
