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Playing With Fire

Playing with fire

To diagnose Saudi Arabia’s fear instincts, one would have to travel back to 1979. That year saw the Iranian revolution, and Ayatollah Khomeini’s subsequent talk of ‘exporting’ the revolution which…

The Image Of Gender

The image of gender

How gender is imaged within societies and the ideas attached with this in many ways determine how women are treated and what status they are given.  The recent hype on…

Oil, Gas And War

Oil, gas and war

Vladimir Putin is no wimp. When he was challenged at Sochi with repeated terror attacks – so that he would not be able to hold his dream winter Olympics there…

Course Correction

Course correction

The furore created by the opposition parties last week over the government’s policy on Syria has died down as abruptly as it began. Neither side has won any laurels from…

After The UN

After the UN

Last Friday, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) finally did what it should have done a decade ago when the first drones flew over North Waziristan. In a statement…

Back To The Future?

Back to the future?

Something quite remarkable happened in Egypt last week. And no, it wasn’t Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s long-expected announcement about discarding his uniform and putting himself forward as a…

Which Side Are We On?

Which side are we on?

The Lord gave us some of the world’s most fascinating rivers, the tallest mountains, and a broad expanse of the bountiful sea. What the Lord did not give us, for…