Hitler: Arab hero or villain?
A shop called Hitler in Egypt raises some uncomfortable questions about Arab perceptions of the Nazi dictator.
Read MoreA shop called Hitler in Egypt raises some uncomfortable questions about Arab perceptions of the Nazi dictator.
Read MoreThe Boston marathon bombings have refocused attention on the threat of “homegrown terrorism”. But there is a much more dangerous domestic threat.
Read MoreBarack Obama’s plan to “listen” when he visits Israel and Palestine is not enough, the US president must act to launch a people’s peace process.
Read MoreHistorical examples of homosexuality being tolerated by Judaism, Christianity and Islam can help overcome homophobia and reinvent these faiths.
Read MoreDoes a gaff about rural women’s breasts belie the belief among Egypt’s new Islamist leadership that women are the source of all society’s ills?
Read MoreSinterklaas (Santa Claus) brings joy to millions in the Low Countries. But his dark-faced helpers, Zwarte Pieten, are racist and a colonial throwback.
Read MoreAnwar Sadat was the first Egyptian leader to exploit television’s propaganda power – and even his assassination was unwittingly televised.
Read MoreThe targeted boycott of Israel should be complemented with Arab recognition of the Jewish state and grassroots engagement with ordinary Israelis.
Read MoreFundamentalists in America and Egypt are obsessed with “virtue “and “vice”. But the rise of Islamists threatens to bind Egyptian women in a moral vice.
Read MoreIn the social media age, revolution will no longer be followed by the constructing of a national identity based on just one “universal” truth.
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