Religion’s resilience
The year 2011 will be remembered in history for the epoch-making upsurge of the Arab masses that has already led to regime changes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya; conflict in…
EU divided on Libya
AS the fighting between government and rebels intensifies in Libya, European Union governments appear to be breaking rank on how to end the prolonged crisis. They are also divided on…
Dubai shifts focus as shoppers hunt for bargains
The homages to Pharaonic Egypt, ice rinks and shark-filled aquariums in Dubais many malls still attract crowds, but retail in the Gulf Arab boomtown are looking fragile as luxury-lovers turn…
The D-8 Summit
At the conclusion of their summit on November 23 in Islamabad, leaders of the D-8 countries inked a Charter that aims to forge a stronger economic alliance. Foreign ministers of…
EU disapproval of Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan may be a hero in Egypt, Tunisia and other Arab nations desperate for a charismatic leader to steer a new democratic course for the…
Morsi’s dilemma
When Mohamed Morsi first took office as president of Egypt, after a narrow win he was derisively referred to as the “spare tyre” because he became the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate…
Peacemaker then pharaoh
It was impossible not to be impressed by the speed of Mohamed Morsi’s transformation from a widely hailed peacemaker into a much derided potential pharaoh. A week ago, the Egyptian…
Confessed serial killer hid in plain sight, then broke own rules
A confessed serial killer from Alaska who hid in plain sight and whose crimes went undetected for more than a decade, was ultimately caught after he gave in to his…
Arab anti-Americanism
In deconstructing the debate on the irrationality of anti-Americanism in the Arab world we can turn to statistics. Opinion polls conducted by Zogby International polls in 2002 and mid-2004 in…
Move on please, decisively
The forthcoming meetings of the Pakistani and Indian foreign secretaries and prime ministers on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Egypt on July 14 and 15 again raise…
