The annals of history in the making
Rather than being like a vegetarian who suddenly becomes a carnivore, a former Islamophobic politician’s conversion to Islam is more akin to a committed soda beverage drinker switching from Coca Cola to Pepsi.
Read moreRamadan is the time of year when hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world abstain from food or drink. But one group of fasters suffers a special variety of thirst this time of year: Muslims who drink alcohol.
Read moreArab audiences are not ready for the return to music of a pop superstar who became a Salafist extremist and allegedly took up arms against the Lebanese state.
Read moreDespite having acquired some 21st-century trappings, Eid al-Fitr’s mix of religion and revelry is centuries old.
Read moreThe ban on eating and drinking in public in some Muslim countries is wrong. Piety cannot and must not be imposed by law.
Read moreAs a disabled person, there is no shame in admitting that you can’t fast. I will not lie or hide it to satisfy people’s prejudices
Read moreDespite outlandish conspiracy theories, a Ramadan TV drama about Egypt’s lost Jewish community is not a missive to Israel but an ode to pluralism.
Read moreIn 2014, readers of The Chronikler focused the lion’s share of their attention on two polar opposites: Arab jihadists and atheists.
Read moreOn the 40th anniversary of the 1973 war, Egyptians and Israelis still cannot agree on the conflict’s name, date or outcome.
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