Confessions 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.
Read MoreReturning to Egypt for the first time since the revolution, an expat desktop rebel discovers the inspirational, the troubling and the simply bizarre.
Read MoreEgypt’s new constitution should focus on democracy, equality and human rights, not religious identity or military budgets.
Read MoreAs Hizbullah sides with its brutal backers in Damascus, are the Shi’ite movement’s days numbered or can it regain its popularity and credibility?
Read MoreEgypt’s junta and its army of collaborators have betrayed the Egyptian revolution, but the people will rise again.
Read MoreProvincial Egyptians believe that moderate Islamists can construct an Egyptian model of democracy that respects their traditions and identity.
Read MoreIs Egypt on the road to theocracy or will it manage to build a secular, pluralist democracy?
Read MoreAnders Breivik’s “paranoid schizophrenia” may have pulled the trigger but he chose his victims through the crosshairs of far-right politics.
Read MoreJailing Egyptians for insulting religion and the military goes against the revolution’s spirit, and violates people’s secular and sacred rights.
Read MoreAlthough alcohol is ‘haram’, Muslim societies have rarely managed to stay on the wagon, and vital parts of their culture have developed under the influence.
Read MoreOn the 10th anniversary of the day after 9/11, it is high time to trash the ‘clash of civilisations’ theory and the ‘war on terror’ and start a new chapter in the West’s relationship with the new Middle East.
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