The family that rescued us was a conservative Sunni family, but I felt closer to them than the young driver who belongs to the same sect as I do. Why?
In fact, Arab Muslim identity has never been key to Tunisian politics or foregrounded by any government.
Questions are being asked, is Egypt going to become like 1979 Iran, 1991 Algeria, Old model Turkey, 1999 Pakistan, or even 1954 Egypt?
University dean faces up to three years in prison for allegedly assaulting a veiled student.
A fierce political battle is currently being waged between the government and the opposition over the labour unions.
Jordan is perhaps less violently exposed to the regional changes taking place around it than say Lebanon. But make no mistake; regional events are already shaping Jordan’s internal affairs in a profound way.
Dubai’s failure to maintain its culture is not something most Qataris wish to repeat; the key is balancing modernisation with westernisation, taking the good and filtering out the bad.
Can silver-tongued President Morsi take a stand against the Egyptian army's brutal infringement of rights or will he eat his promises and become acquiescent ?
China is faced with the necessity of adjusting the way the political system operates, the economy is managed and society is governed. Where it could maintain the political status-quo and grow the economy through catching up with foreign technology, expertise and science, China is now quickly appro
Our author wonders whether he'll be punished for his 4th of July gustatory transgression
Mark Perryman's latest book provides a pointed critique of the way in which corporate sponsorship at London 2012 has overshadowed the Games' purpoted values. In this review, Jules Boykoff explores Perryman's alternative vision of "five new rings", finding in them a pioneering and nuanced model for
India's successful launch of a long range inter-continental ballistic missile has led to hyper-nationalist posturing and antagonism with China, of a kind disappointingly reminiscent of Cold War hubris. The bombastic rhetoric must not undo the bilateral ties between the two states.
