An explosive musical comeback for Salafist superstar
Arab audiences are not ready for the return to music of a pop superstar who became a Salafist extremist and allegedly took up arms against the Lebanese state.
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Lieberman, Netanyahu and Dr Strangelove
The appointment of Avigdor Lieberman as Israel’s defence minister is like the plot of a nihlistic black comedy.
Read MoreOne man’s terrorist is another woman’s lover
The surreal “lovejacking” of an EgyptAir flight adds a new dimension to the western image of the Arab man: the hopeless romantic and dedicated lover.
Read MoreOne year on: Gazans feel the pain of being abandoned by Egypt
Although the Israeli siege hurts Gazans more materially, the Egyptian blockade is more painful emotionally. It is also counterproductive.
Read MoreAtheists: The Arab world’s rebels without a god
In Egypt and other Arab countries, the atheism taboo has been broken. Atheists are rebelling against the status quo and demanding to be seen and heard.
Read MoreRemembering the real Raba’a
Competing myths have emerged around the Raba’a protest camp. But it was neither a terrorist den nor a gathering of freedom and democracy lovers.
Read MoreThe Arab media paradox
Despite the general Arab decline in the press freedom rankings, the region’s media have, in many ways, actually become freer.
Read MoreRevolution@1: Sex and the citizen in Egypt and America
Fundamentalists in America and Egypt are obsessed with “virtue “and “vice”. But the rise of Islamists threatens to bind Egyptian women in a moral vice.
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