William Eichler is an editorial assistant and freelance journalist who lives and works in the UK. He has an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Nottingham, and reviews academic books on the Middle East for the LSE Review of Books. You can follow him on Twitter: @EichlerEssays.
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Published in: TransformationIs it ok to criticise Islam?At what point does mocking someone’s beliefs become an attack on those who hold them?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBook review: Enemy on the EuphratesIan Rutledge’s book, Enemy on the Euphrates: The British Occupation of Iraq and the Great Arab Revolt, 1914–1921...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat David Cameron could learn from Marx about radicalisation (but probably won't)In the hands of politicians religion becomes impregnated with 'polemical bitterness' - to talk about religion...
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Published in: HomeThe market is a cruel taskmasterChloe Ruthven’s film Jungle Sisters hurtles through the complexity of industrial development in south India. At the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSingling out Israel: a perspective from the leftHow did the struggle for Palestine gain such prominence on the left? The answer might tell us something about...
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Published in: TransformationHeretics and liberals: what Ayaan Hirsi Ali gets wrongPious protestations about Islam do nothing to further our understanding of the complex relationships between...