Economic growth in Egypt has mainly benefited the well-off, with many of the poor falling off the tightrope of the poverty line.
Tag: middle east
سبيل للخروج من فوضى الشرق الأوسط
يناقش خالد دياب بأن انتشار الأسلحة النووية سوف يستمر طالما استمرّينا في التعامل مع ترسانة إسرائيل النووية
The bold and the brilliant
An Arab-American Miss USA may have put Muslim beauty on the western map, but let’s also recall all those women of courage and talent.
Stop press
Jordanian journalists believe they do not enjoy enough freedom – a malaise shared with the rest of the Middle East. But why?
A way out of the Middle East’s critical mess
As Barack Obama seeks to tackle the proliferation of nuclear weapons, it is high time for Israel to dismantle its nuclear arsenal.
A question of upbringing
In multicultural families, deciding on where to raise your child is no easy matter and has profound implications for the future.
Language: the food of understanding
Learning Arabic is tough but it can open you up to a whole new world of cultural experiences and opportunities, not to mention build understanding.
Forecast: dry, becoming drier
There’s more than enough fresh water in the world to sate our thirst. The problem is getting it to where it is desperately needed.
The truth about Arab science
Can we look forward to a boom in Arab science or will poverty, bureaucracy and religion be insurmountable obstacles?
The audacity to dream
If we suspend scepticism and take up Barack Obama’s invitation to dream of change, what Middle East can the audacity of hope help to forge?
