Prisoners of our guilty consciences
The intensifying crackdown on the media and civil society in Egypt leaves Egyptians who are out of the country feeling powerless to help and guilty about the freedoms they enjoy.
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Just one of those unlucky lucky days
By Christian Nielsen Unlucky days can sometimes turn out to be a different kind of lucky… the tortuous variety. Thursday
Read MoreHijabs and the beautiful game
Despite their conservative reputation, a growing number of veiled Muslim women are taking up football… and giving men a run for their money.
Read MoreSend Qatar off and bring on Tunisia for 2022 World Cup
If Qatar gets a red card for the 2022 World Cup, Arabs should enter a joint bid to host it in Tunisia, regional role model for revolution and reform.
Read MoreDe lijm die België bijeenhoudt
De nationale voetbalgekte verbergt de realiteit dat België al twee staten is. Ik gebruik mijn stem als lijm die kan helpen om België samen te houden
Read MoreGlueing Belgium back together one vote at a time
With Belgium little more than a hollow shell, I’ll be using my vote as a squirt of glue to help hold the collapsing country together.
Read MoreItaly: Why flags and crowds can corrupt the view
The least you’d expect of a disgraced politician is to bow out of the limelight. Not Silvio Berlusconi with his grandstanding and rent-a-crowd.
Read MoreThe hair that binds
Despite its bonding potential, a trip to the hairdresser’s can inflict trauma on soap-phobic pre-adolescent boys and their mullet-phobic fathers.
Read MoreEgypt and its rebels without a pause
The failure of the new leadership in Egypt to address the needs and aspirations of young people means the revolution will not stop until there is real change.
Read MoreConfessions 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.
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