A recipe for mashing civilisations
By Khaled Diab The migratory history of foodstuffs and cuisines reveals that our dinner tables, like our societies, are both
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Denmark’s white ghetto mindset
By Khaled Diab The concentration of immigrants in certain poor neighbourhoods in Denmark is far more a sign of the
Read moreSteve Bannon is being amplified, not silenced
By providing Steve Bannon with an uncritical solo platform, the Oxford Union has failed in its mission as a forum of free and fair debate, succumbing instead to tabloid sensationalism.
Read moreThe ghettoisation of Danish politics
By Khaled Diab The Danish government plans to force minorities out of what it classes as “ghettos”, but its Denmark’s
Read moreAlt-jihad – Part II: Delusions of grandeur and persecution
In the second in a series of articles exploring the disturbing parallels between radical Islamic and White/Christian extremism, Khaled Diab examines the far-right’s dual sense of superiority and inferiority, as well as its persecution complex.
Read moreUnsung death on the Nile – Part I
Once the mother of our world departed, her ghost arrived, plunging me into the memory hole which grief opens up, where the past becomes its own present and the present morphs into a kind of phantom future.
Read moreDreaming of a vanished Syria
“A lot of Syrians are indulging in a nostalgia that requires a lot of denial,” says Syrian-American author Alia Malek. “This is why I’m a student of history, not to live in a fantasy but to learn why and how we are where we are today.”
Read moreDonald Trump’s terrifying Middle East playbook
America’s decision to democratically elect a dictator has Middle Eastern reformers bewildered, but the region’s despots are celebrating Donald Trump’s victory – a sure sign of troubling times ahead.
Read moreLieberman, Netanyahu and Dr Strangelove
The appointment of Avigdor Lieberman as Israel’s defence minister is like the plot of a nihlistic black comedy.
Read moreThe myth of the European jihadist hordes
The terrorist attacks in Brussels will reinforce the idea that returning jihadists pose an existential threat to Europe. But the facts say otherwise.
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