Important events
Random thoughts Some important events have taken place over the past few days on which I would like to comment. Some of these have direct relevance to our lives and…
Random thoughts Some important events have taken place over the past few days on which I would like to comment. Some of these have direct relevance to our lives and…
The economy may be in dire straits, but Egypt is proudly proclaiming its "Gift to the World" in the shape of a major expansion to the Suez Canal. Whether the…
Despite months of embarrassment for Egypt over a series of alleged leaks of sensitive remarks including about Gulf allies, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appears to have avoided a major diplomatic…
The Saudi-led ten-member Arab coalition, it seems, did not look before leaping into Yemen's internal conflict. After more than nearly three weeks of aerial bombings it is nowhere near achieving…
The hypocrisy and the charade on parade would stick in throats more capacious than ours. The defence of the Holy Mosques is every Muslim’s sacred duty, we are breathlessly informed.…
Pakistan could have handled this mess better, with slightly more finesse and subtlety. But the quality of decision-making in Islamabad is what it is. So there is no point in…
Speaking at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad, Khawaja Asif didn’t hesitate in calling the US an untrustworthy ally. Asif had two choices. One, he could have talked tongue-in-cheek,…
Metres from the epicentre of Egypt's uprising, bulldozers tear chunks of concrete and twisted metal from what remains of the headquarters of ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak's now disbanded party. During…
Perhaps those of us who have denounced Egyptian exceptionalism as a farce spoke too quickly. Egypt may be, after all, the only nation in the world with a justice system…
US Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Switzerland on Sunday to meet with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, to work out details of a prospective deal on Iran's nuclear…