Old patterns of thinking remain, you see, and everyone wants a quick solution.
I dub the older generation the i-generation, i- for inertia as well as “me, myself and I”. The i-generation’s every action is driven by fear; fear of the country falling into a shambles or into the hands of the wrong people.
The author considers how education may impact on a society's growing propensity to resort to violence. This column responds to criticism of the school system in Morocco with some thoughts of its own about the role of English, the lingua franca of international communication.
In the face of disinformation, both Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood need to redeem the 'Islamist' brand as a whole and re-establish the distinction between a radical and moderate Islamist.
Despite notes of caution and a lack of concrete offers, Presidents Obama and Rouhani set the stage for increased engagement at the UN last week. With calls for a WMD-free zone in the Middle East reaffirmed, Israel's game plan will be central.
Amira Osman is awaiting trial for refusing to cover her hair. She is one of thousands of Sudanese women who are being arrested under Sudan's criminal code, sentenced, and publicly lashed.
The community in Sudan is a close one: everybody already knows someone who has died during the protests. This is getting personal.
AKP’s foreign policy is becoming increasingly problematic in a region that is fragmented along secular-Islamist divisions as well as sectarian and religious differences. We may be looking at a government playing with a majoritarian matchbox in a room full of gunpowder.
This 'You tell us' feature offers some first hand accounts and a range of opinions in blogs, articles and tweets, first and foremost from the people of Egypt.
