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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American extremism X
Despite all the hype, white supremacists and anti-government extremists are the main homegrown terror threat in the United States.
Read moreEgypt’s borderline paranoia
My interrogation at the Egyptian border about my journalism and opinions is not about state security, but the insecurity of a paranoid state.
Read moreIll-gotten pains
Children are the innocent victims and future perpetrators of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For their sake, a political solution must be found.
Read moreWho’s responsible for the Arab world’s mess?
A UN report has reignited the controversy over who is to blame for the sorry state of the Arab world: Arabs or the West?
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