Economic 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.
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Feminism’s Egyptian roots
Women’s liberation is generally believed to have started in the West but the roots of female emancipation go back millennia, to ancient Egypt.
Read moreYou are different
“You are different” is a simple sentence with confusing connotations. What does that even mean? What sort of different?
Read moreThe liberation of dance
“Dance is resistance. It’s the most refined way for us, the Palestinian people, to express our cause… Dance is a form of liberation.”
Read moreOne year on: Gaza’s hidden psychological ruins
It is not just the landscape that is scarred and devastated, Gaza is an emotional and mental wreck teetering on the verge of psychological ruin.
Read moreThe social media’s Islamic state of terror
ISIS has skillfully manipulated social media as a powerful propaganda tool. Should the online community self-censor to deprive it of free publicity?
Read moreIslamism is the illusion
Islamism is not the solution but is built on an illusion. Islam’s past strength was actually a secular one based on free thought.
Read moreHow iSlam made the West cool
Those who fear Muslim influence should raise a glass to the Sultan of Style when they freshen up, don the latest fashions or enjoy dining out.
Read moreAmerica and Europe’s real “homegrown terrorism” threat
The Boston marathon bombings have refocused attention on the threat of “homegrown terrorism”. But there is a much more dangerous domestic threat.
Read moreTahrir Square: For the sake of the forsaken
For ordinary Egyptians, Tahrir is now a terrifying black hole, but for its marginalised occupiers, it is a liberator from political and social tyranny.
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