One year on: Gaza, life with hard labour
With rubble the only growth industry in Gaza, people are unable to pick up the pieces of their broken lives, face psychological ruin and dream of escape.
Read MoreWith rubble the only growth industry in Gaza, people are unable to pick up the pieces of their broken lives, face psychological ruin and dream of escape.
Read MoreIn order bring a halt to the multiplying human tragedy in Gaza, the Arab League should convene an emergency summit there.
Read MorePunishing a dictator for killing his own people by killing yet more of them is not the answer. It didn’t work in Iraq, and it won’t work in Syria.
Read MoreGun and knife violence gets a lot of public attention but one killer prowling our streets goes largely unnoticed… apathy.
Read MoreAs we spent more of our lives online, what happens to our virtual selves when we die? Do they disappear too, or do we become ghosts in the machine?
Read MoreEgyptians’ lavish burial spaces offer comfort to relatives – while 1.5 million less fortunate Cairenes live among the dead.
Read MoreIn philosophy and religion, the body is merely a hollow shell for our mind and soul. But what if our bodies not only confine but also define us?
Read MoreIf exaggerated rumours of President Mubarak’s death become fact, where will the end of his one-man show leave Egypt?
Read MoreVisiting friends and relatives is a thriving tourism sector. But is visiting the dead a growing, if somewhat, morbid niche market?
Read MoreThere is something of an inner circle to mourning whose circumference varies from culture to culture. Knowing where you fit in takes some research.
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