As is well-known, when the ceasefire between Egypt and Israel went into effect in June 1967, Israel was occupying the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula and continued its occupation until the second disengagement agreement that followed the 1973 war, cemented (...)
No one can deny that Islam has been at a crossroads for a while, imperiled by the activities of militant groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other Islamic extremists who have resorted to mass killings of Muslims and (...)
Once upon a time Iraq was a united country, largely by the efforts of Gertrude Bell, a British diplomat and spy, after World War I. She brought Iraqis together in order to bring stability and allow her country to siphon the abundance of Iraqi oil. (...)
International and local media has been flooded with news about bloody sectarian violence in Iraq between the Sunni minority and the Shia majority. The Sunnis have been fighting the Shiites over the latter's atrocities against them. The Sunnis have (...)
During the 20th and 21st century, Egypt underwent three revolutions: the 1919 Revolution, which was against the British occupation of Egypt, and the Tahrir Square revolution that took off on 25 January 2011, and that of 30 June two and a half years (...)
Egypt is once again in agony and may continue so. We are back to 25 January 2011, a new round for the Egyptians to struggle for their freedom and human rights. This time they are demonstrating against a theocratic non-military ruler who won the (...)
The opposite of a police state is freedom and democracy for all. It is the only way forward, but getting it right may take practice, writes Ahmed Naguib Roushdy*
As everyone knows, Tahrir Square became a tourist site commemorating the Egyptian (...)
Ahmed Naguib Roushdy* re-examines the controversy that continues to surround the United States' entry into W WII
On 7 December, every year since the end of World War II, over one and a half million Americans have visited the floating memorial stands (...)
While some signs of recovery are emerging, Barack Obama has a long way to go to overcome the results of failed policy during the Bush years, writes Ahmed Naguib Roushdy*
In his speech in Cairo on 4 June, President Barack Obama called for an open (...)
The fate of detainees held in Guantanamo and other CIA prisons is central to President Obama's credibility as a reformer, argues Ahmed Naguib Roushdy*
As expected, President Barack Obama delivered a speech addressing the Arab and Islamic worlds (...)
Freedom of expression is less dangerous to the foundations of the state than its absence, writes Ahmed Naguib Roushdy*
The recent presidential and parliamentary elections in Egypt directed a searchlight on a recognised constitutional fact; that the (...)
Behind the US Supreme Court's decision to uphold the right of habeas corpus for detainees at Guantanamo lurks the disquiet of the justices with practices at both Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, writes Ahmed Naguib Roushdy*
The American wars against (...)