Creating new perspectives since 2009
Items by Dr Yvonne Ridley
-
Blair makes money not peace
How can a man bearing the title ‘Middle East Peace Envoy’ agree to advise the blood-drenched Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, who seized power in a military coup last year after presiding over the slaughter of 2,500 protesters and the incarceration of more than 20,000 others? The shocking announcement comes…
-
Laddish Ed Husain wears veil of misogyny
While many of us were still reeling in shock over the brutal murder of veiled Essex PhD student Nahid Almanea, the reaction of one man sitting in judgment thousands of miles away was to send out a tweet suggesting it was time for a “rethink” over the issue of hijab.…