Religious rites and wrongs
The banning of a Jewish festival this year in Egypt is wrong, both from a secular and religious perspective.
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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.
Read moreThe Jasmine Revolution
Tunisia’s revolution will spread the scent of its jasmine to oppressed nations all over the region.
Read moreThe Arab man’s burden
Some in the west are more likely to believe in elves in Middle Earth than in Arab men in the Middle East who are secular and do not oppress women.
Read moreLosing the plot
Wacky conspiracy theories cause damage by drawing attention away from the real plots being hatched by our governments.
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