Confronting Islamism – OpEd
This summer, as the British parliament take its annual break from business, civil servants are hard at work preparing an unprecedented assault on Islamist extremism. The UK’s Counter-Extremism Strategy, to…
Yemen Conflict and Arab Uprising: Regional Fissures and Repercussions
The Saudi military intervention in Yemen against Houthi rebels has repercussions in the kingdom amid cracks appearing in the ruling families in Riyadh and United Arab Emirates. SAUDI ARABIA’S four-month…
Who’s in Favour of a Middle East Peace Conference?
For nearly fifty years the accepted mantra has been that only direct face-to-face negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians can yield a mutually acceptable settlement. That formula has been tested…
Critique of Arab Intellectuals – Roles and Responsibilities
Working on the topic of Arab intellectuals represents a considerable challenge because the level of uncertainty is great and the dangers are greater. Doing a study about Arab intellectuals resembles…
The Sovereign State of Palestine That Never Was
“What if” is a fascinating game. It forces you to use your imagination, think round a subject, probe possibilities, consider options. On July 11, 2000. Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Barak,…
What If Egypt’s Cardinal Problem Is Not Sinai’s Terrorism?
Terrorism has torn Egypt’s Sinai since 2011 and turned it into a military operations area. But what if Egypt’s cardinal problem is not Sinai’s terrorism? Since the group of the…
These People REALLY Need You to Hear Them Out
Over the past two days, Yarmouk camp has seen fierce clashes and shelling. Despite these hard times and nearly two years of siege, people like Ahmad are trying to…
Despotism Is Not the Solution for Egypt
The assassination of the man in charge of thousands of prosecutions including the controversial death sentences against Muslim Brotherhood followers paved the way for the incumbent Egyptian president for a…
Egyptian Soccer Player Criticizes Al-Sisi in Reflection Of Mounting Discontent
Criticism this week by soccer player Ahmed Al-Merghani of general-turned-president Abdulfattah Al Sisi’s hard-handed repression of dissent and failure to defeat a mushrooming insurgency in the Sinai peninsula signals mounting…
The Leftovers of the Middle East?
“I walked to the field hospital under the bombs and in the bad weather to have my annoying shot” The12-year-old girl, a diabetic child in a field hospital waiting for…