Egypt’s other Tahrir: The invisible social revolution
Tahrir may have been pacified for now, but the revolution is still playing out in Egypt’s economic and social squares.
Read MoreTahrir may have been pacified for now, but the revolution is still playing out in Egypt’s economic and social squares.
Read MoreSexual harassment in Cologne and elsewhere is not about Islam. It is about the patriarchy and the politicisation of women’s bodies.
Read MoreThe Mogamma, that high temple of Egyptian bureaucracy, will be shut down. Welcome as it is, this will not solve the underlying problem of “el-routine”.
Read MoreDespite their under-utilisation and the suspicion they elicit, European and American Muslims can help bridge the chasm between “West” and “East”.
Read MoreCounterintuitive as it may sound, ISIS is proof that the clash of civilisations is a myth. The reality is that interests clash, while cultures mix.
Read MoreMy interrogation at the Egyptian border about my journalism and opinions is not about state security, but the insecurity of a paranoid state.
Read MoreAs the Middle East stumbles perilously close to its own “world war”, seeds of change are already sprouting hopes of a better century ahead.
Read MoreDespite the racism contained in Tintin and other classic children’s tales, I believe that children should be exposed to them.
Read MoreTribalism and sectarianism afflicts Western societies too. So why is that they seem to be tearing the Middle East apart?
Read MoreCan an Egyptian billionaires vision of turning a Mediterranean island into a just republic for refugees help solve the refugee crisis?
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