Taxing questions about democracy in the Middle East
In the Middle East, there appears to be a link between autocracy and low taxes. Would higher taxation lead to greater representation or repression?
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One year on: Gaza, life with hard labour
With rubble Gaza’s only growth industry, people are unable to pick up the pieces of their broken lives, face psychological ruin and dream of escape.
Read moreOne year on: Gaza’s hidden psychological ruins
It is not just the landscape that is scarred and devastated, Gaza is an emotional and mental wreck teetering on the verge of psychological ruin.
Read moreHungary’s forgotten generation
With the surge in polarised power politics, young Hungarians, excluded and frustrated, are falling prey to extremism and its twin menace, apathy.
Read moreBasque Country: In the eye of the financial storm
Although many Europeans associate it with political turmoil, the Basque Country is the only Spanish region where the economic outlooks is mild.
Read moreFeeling Europe’s pain
All is not well in the old world of organisational paternity, job security and economic rationality. But the silver lining is that we have millions of virtual ‘friends’ to feel our pain.
Read moreEnemies like us
Had the threat from far-right extremists been taken more seriously, could the Norway tragedy have been averted?
Read moreSexual harassment: No online way out
By Osama Diab Blogging won’t raise awareness about sexual harassment more than it already has. We must focus our efforts
Read moreThe Jasmine Revolution
Tunisia’s revolution will spread the scent of its jasmine to oppressed nations all over the region.
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