libya - The Chronikler

Aanslag op Amerikaans consulaat in Benghazi valt niet uit de lucht

De aanslag op het consulaat in Benghazi was geen verrassing. De voortekens waren al lang zichtbaar.

When exile is a liberating experience

My father’s secret police file reveals that my newly wed parents were right to flee Egypt. But I’m grateful for the liberation of “exile”.

Islamist-driven democracy is not a snowball in hell

Islamists are not all Osama bin Laden and secularists are not all Atatürk . They can work together to achieve democracy.

True people power in Libya

Gaddafi and his corrupt ‘jamahiriya’ may be gone, but Libyans should not give up on the dream of a direct democracy for the masses.

Law and order in Libya

Muammar Gaddafi once lived above the law, but his killers must not be permitted the same impunity to get away with murder. Justice must be done, even for fallen despots.

Should Arabs treat Erdoğan as a hero?

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received a hero’s welcome across the Arab world. But should Arabs welcome or be weary of Turkey’s greater engagement in the Middle East?

Are we now ‘friends’ of al-Qaeda in Libya?

Belgium was one of the ‘Friends of Libya’ in Paris. But does the prime minister realise that these Libyan ‘friends’ include a former al-Qaeda fighter?