Confessions of a would-be Egyptian revolutionary
Returning to Egypt for the first time since the revolution, an expat desktop rebel discovers the inspirational, the troubling and the simply bizarre.
Read MoreReturning to Egypt for the first time since the revolution, an expat desktop rebel discovers the inspirational, the troubling and the simply bizarre.
Read MoreThe Holy Land is where Christmas began. But with the relative decline of Christianity there, does the yuletide still retain its spirit?
Read MoreAlthough alcohol is ‘haram’, Muslim societies have rarely managed to stay on the wagon, and vital parts of their culture have developed under the influence.
Read MoreRamadan is when Muslims fast and feast, but the holy month has something to offer those of other faiths, or none.
Read MoreHome-grown terrorism in Norway, a resumption of border controls in Denmark and an increasingly immigration-weary Sweden. Is right-wing politics taking hold in the once-tolerant Nordic countries?
Read MoreNo Muslim in their right mind would support far-right Christian groups, though Western Muslims may well symathise with their Islamic equivalents elsewhere.
Read MoreHad the threat from far-right extremists been taken more seriously, could the attack carried out by Anders Breivik have been averted?
Read MoreCan Israelis and Palestinians learn something about building bridges between divided communities from the Egyptian revolution?
Read MoreJoining itself with an authoritarian regime caused harm to the millennium-long history of al-Azhar University.
Read MoreFear of retaliation from the old regime shouldn’t be used to limit Egyptians’ hard-won freedoms and attack peaceful protesters.
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