Sexual harassment, Islam and the politicisation of women’s bodies
Sexual harassment in Cologne and elsewhere is not about Islam. It is about the patriarchy and the politicisation of women’s bodies.
Read MoreSexual harassment in Cologne and elsewhere is not about Islam. It is about the patriarchy and the politicisation of women’s bodies.
Read MoreIn an exclusive interview, prominent Syrian writer and dissident Yassin al-Haj Saleh talks about Syria’s past, tragic present and uncertain future.
Read MoreDespite their under-utilisation and the suspicion they elicit, European and American Muslims can help bridge the chasm between “West” and “East”.
Read MoreCounterintuitive as it may sound, ISIS is proof that the clash of civilisations is a myth. The reality is that interests clash, while cultures mix.
Read MoreMy interrogation at the Egyptian border about my journalism and opinions is not about state security, but the insecurity of a paranoid state.
Read MoreAs the Middle East stumbles perilously close to its own “world war”, seeds of change are already sprouting hopes of a better century ahead.
Read MoreTribalism and sectarianism afflicts Western societies too. So why is that they seem to be tearing the Middle East apart?
Read MoreAs the post-Ottoman order crumbles around us, would the Middle East would have been better or worse off had Turkey remained neutral during World War I?
Read MoreWith all the wars and conflicts raging in the Middle East, collective trauma carries very serious consequences for the region.
Read MoreThe late Omar Sharif was living, breathing, walking proof that there is nothing inherently irreconcilable between the Middle East and the West
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