I got into a discussion with some American friends following an Edward Said Memorial Lecture I'd forgot to invite them to. I'd forgot about it myself, inexcusably given the speaker – Lila Abu-Lughod, Professor of Anthropology, Women's and Gender (...)
I read an offensive article the other day that is worth contemplating, for our own peace of mind and the physical security of our lands. A former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden gave a TV interview at one time where he revealed one good thing (...)
A stunning opera show was held on Egyptian TV on the birth of Islam last week, with beautiful music and a spectacular light show, superb direction, acting and great lighting and costumes. This was done for the October War celebrations; however it (...)
Lebanese President Camille Chamoun once stated in his memoirs, at the height of his country's civil war, that he did not fear Lebanon would fracture into several independent states. His real worry, though, was if Iraq fell apart. That would doom the (...)
Things just keep getting worse in Syria. The Sunni Jabhat Al-Nusra recently killed 23 Druze clan members in Idlib in an apparently unsanctioned raid. This, as James M. Dorsey warns, could drag in the Israelis as self-styled protectors of the Druze. (...)
Steve Jobs said that creativity was connecting things. Here are two connections that will help us creatively destroy "Islamic State" (IS). First, an old talk by Bertrand Badie at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on 31 October 2001, entitled (...)