The death throes of Arab dictatorships
Will the unfolding popular revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt lead to the region’s dictatorships falling one after the other like dominos?
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Learning tolerance amid Islamophobia
Islamophobia is common in western society, so the classroom is a good place to start combating it.
Read MoreThe Arab myth of Western women
Unflattering as some western stereotypes are of Arab men, Western women also get a bad press in conservative Arab circles.
Read MoreThe Arab man’s burden
Some in the west are more likely to believe in elves in Middle Earth than in Arab men in the Middle East who are secular and do not oppress women.
Read Moreالحب في زمن النزاع
قرارات المحاكم الأخيرة في مصر وإسرائيل تُظهِر مدى الشك الذي وصل إليه اليهود والعرب الإسرائيليين
Read MoreLove in times of conflict
Arabs and Israelis tend to view personal relationships that cross the divide between them with suspicion, perhaps because individual love has the power to undermine collective hate.
Read MoreWhy doesn’t God use Faithbook?
If God wants to reach out to humanity, why rely on prophets and scripture when he presumably has the power to connect with each of us directly?
Read MoreBurqa: A ban to celebrate
Belgium’s effort to ban the face veil is a statement of female empowerment and a vote against religious fundamentalism.
Read MorePolygamy for all
A Saudi journalist is demanding that women be given the right to four husbands. Should equality mean monogamy or polygamy for all?
Read MoreLabouring under a false premise
Barring men from the delivery room will not make giving birth any easier. In fact, it is a case of throwing out the father with the bathwater.
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