Playing with Islam
Over the last few weeks the new Libyan leader, Mustapha Abd al-Jalil, chairman of the Transitory National Council (TNC), has been repeating, “Shari’a will...
Dead Without Trial. Again.
Once more there was to be no trial, no judgment. Over the last five years the scenario in the Arab world seems to be...
Egypt in danger
The worst thing that could befall Egypt today is division such as we are witnessing between the country's Coptic and Muslim citizens. Against the...
Neither an Arab Spring nor Revolutions
After the euphoria, the optimism and the hope, it is time to come back to reality and assess with a cool head events in...
A Palestinian State?
It was as if something momentous was happening in New York on Friday September 23, 2011. Palestine Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, whose term had...