Billionaires and the welfare of nations
By Khaled Diab The super rich are leaving only the scraps for everyone else to fight over, which is fuelling
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Bad blood or blood libel: When is criticism of Israel anti-Semitic?
While critics of Israel can be anti-Semitic, many who criticise Israel harbour a deep respect of and love for Jews. Similarly, supporting the Jewish state is not necessarily a manifestation of philo-Semitism and can stem from anti-Semitic motives.
Read moreEconomic recovery means little to Europe’s working poor
Europe is experiencing an economic recovery but many of the jobs being created a keeping people poor rather than lifting them out of poverty.
Read moreEgypt’s dollar woes
Hopes are devaluation will resolve Egypt’s dollar crisis, but the situation could spin out of control without a global currency for international trade
Read moreRefugees who just want to dance
An Iranian engineer who is seeking asylum in Europe because he wants to pursue his passion, dancing, would probably be rejected. Should he be?
Read moreOne 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 moreThe tip of Egypt’s snobbery iceberg
The replacement of one snobbish justice minister in Egypt with another who believes judges are lords and masters shows how deep elitism runs.
Read moreEnslaved by history
Failing to acknowledge the legacy of slavery on all our modern societies makes the present an unnecessary slave to history.
Read moreThe concealed links between Israel’s “invisible” citizens
An electoral campaign video targeted at Israel’s “invisible” poor unwittingly highlights the long-neglected links between Mizrahi Jews and Arabs.
Read moreEgypt’s other revolution
Revolutionary disappointment in Egypt has concealed the ongoing social revolution whose shifting sands are likely to result in a political earthquake.
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