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March 3, 2014

Saudi Arabia’s new laws curb challenges at home and abroad

In January the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, told the BBC that sanctions on Iran should be lifted, a sentiment welcomed by Oman but opposed by...

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March 3, 2014

Egypt’s press downgraded from ‘partly free’ to ‘not free’

“Journalists are never supposed to become the story,” wrote Al-Jazeera correspondent Peter Greste, in a letter smuggled out of Cairo’s Tora Prison. Yet that is just what has happened...

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March 3, 2014

History being forged by Al-Sisi and his gang

Egypt is undergoing the biggest forgery and fabrication process in its modern history at the hands of Al-Sisi and his gang, who have violated Egypt and stolen the people’s...

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March 1, 2014

A matter more dangerous than liquidation

Most of us use the term “liquidation solutions” with reference to the successive attempted settlement agreements of the Palestine issue throughout its modern history. They are usually signed by...

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March 1, 2014

Israel’s abuse of Palestinian children

I wonder if the United Nations has always been a toothless dog. The organisation is very good at coming up with conventions and getting countries to sign and ratify...

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March 1, 2014

Sustaining dependence through democracy

A recent op-ed published in the Israel National News claims that the foundations for a democratic Palestinian state can be traced back to the 2003 Bush “Roadmap for Peace”....

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March 1, 2014

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: rebuilding Iraqi literature

Seven years ago Iraq’s writers would gather in Al-Mutannabi Street, the literary district in Baghdad, sip coffee and consider the latest publications. Named after the classical 10th-century poet, the...

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March 1, 2014

Abbas’ U-turn on Syrian policy

The Mahmoud Abbas government appears to no longer have any interest in siding with opposition groups in Syria. This is possibly because Abbas believes that his earlier policies towards...

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March 1, 2014

Recognition requests and changing narratives

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps undermining Israel’s self-imposed legitimacy by requesting recognition of the Jewish state from the Palestinian leadership, narratives remain involved in dominating and compromising...

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March 1, 2014

My January 25 revolution memoirs

I never expected the call for January 25, 2011 protests to eventually turn into a revolution that demanded the overthrow of the Egyptian regime and succeeded in ousting the...

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