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Fiction: Us old guys

“We never regret. Us old guys never regret.” They both chuckled and gave a nod of goodbye.

The social media’s Islamic state of terror

ISIS has skilfully manipulated social media as a powerful propaganda tool. Should the online community self-censor to deprive it of free publicity?

The dangers of a political crusade against Western jihadists

Inflammatory rhetoric and a solely punitive approach to Western jihadists is only likely to make matters worst, and could threaten multiculturalism.

Atheists: The Arab world’s rebels without a god

In Egypt and other Arab countries, the atheism taboo has been broken. Atheists are rebelling against the status quo and demanding to be seen and heard.

The square root of the Egyptian revolution

The Egyptian revolution is fatally wounded but it is far too soon to sound the death knells. The dreams it unleashed are impossible to contain.

Tamarod: Egyptian rebels with a cause… and effect

The dedication and success of the Tamarod rebellion against President Morsi is awe-inspiring, but the movement’s current trust in the army is worrying.

The human wrongs of the Holocaust

A new museum in Belgium seeks to make the Holocaust relevant for contemporary visitors by placing it in the wider context of human rights.

The hair that binds

Despite its bonding potential, a trip to the hairdresser’s can inflict trauma on soap-phobic pre-adolescent boys and their mullet-phobic fathers.

Egypt and its rebels without a pause

The failure of the new leadership in Egypt to address the needs and aspirations of young people means the revolution will not stop until there is real change.