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Speculations after Mubarak

A recent article published in The Jewish chronicle reiterates fears that any new leader after President Mubarak would be unlikely to intensify relations with Israel as long as the Palestinian

Egypt through Western sunglasses

“What is it like to live in Egypt as a Western woman?” During the years I lived in Cairo, I was often asked this question while visiting my native Finland,

The impresario: Gilles Kepel, scholar of radical Islam

After a series of books established him as a world-famous analyst of radical Islam, Gilles Kepel decided to stop writing and start mapping a renaissance in Gulf-Europe relations. John Gravois

Israel-Turkey axis turned on its head

For many observers, the long-term implications of Israel's deadly May 31 assault against the MV Mavi Marmara, the Turkish flagship that was part of the Gaza Freedom flotilla, on Israeli-Turkish

Assad, Oglu demand immediate end to Gaza siege

Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad and visiting Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu have called for "additional efforts" to end the siege on Gaza Strip that has been enforced for almost four

In Egypt Campaign, Muslim Brotherhood Soldiers On

The decades-old battle between the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group, and Egypt's authoritarian regime has entered its latest phase. This time it's not a matter of prison terms or

ElBaradei: I take the Muslim Brotherhood at their word.

In an interview published in the July 12 edition of the German magazine Der Spiegel, the Egyptian Nobel Peace Prize laureate also discussed the desire for change in his homeland,

Muslims need to tackle Jewish Islamophobia

From Sydney to California , Zionist Jews are spreading venomous hatred against Islam. A few years ago, we were witnessing mere instances and isolated occurrences of Jewish hatred and/or fear

A squandered opportunity

When he took office, US President Barack Obama made it a priority to restore US credibility after the damage done by his predecessor. Obama pledged to revamp America’s relationship with

Has “Obamageddon” signed the world’s death warrant?

Stuart Littlewood considers the deadly implications for humanity of US President Barack Obama’s decision to sell Israel nuclear materials and technology and to reaffirm “a four-decade-old secret understanding that allowed