Honorable Atrocity
Recent history has shown us many premeditated murders robed in ostentatious, honorable labels that range from liberation, freedom, democracy, modernization and civilization, to protection, self-defense etc. Seen from another (...)
Self-orientation
Culture, in its simplest form, is manifested in people's perceptions, the way they present themselves and behave. This observation stems from two main pedigrees: ‘who you are' and ‘what you have'. Addressing the cultural issue from (...)
A commentary on Jack Shenker's article "Sharm el-Sheikh rumbles with grand promises of the international elite" published in The Guardian March 15, (...)
Defective Paradigm
Religions have had their kingdoms and empires. They all had a common feature--- that a god or gods ruled, not humans. It goes without saying that democracy then was in the realms of a farfetched myth. What could anyone have to say (...)
History has known the name "Egypt" since the beginning of History. Relics and monuments that have defied time are still standing to remind us of this fact and most of them are a testament to the deeply religious nature of Egyptians. Faith is the (...)
Benny Avni has written an article in the New York Post that is very objective and positive towards the real situation in Egypt and its leader President Abdel Fattah Al (...)
The wind of revolution caught Egypt by surprise on 25 January 2011. When the wind gusted fiercely, people naturally sought the nearest shelter and what they found was the Muslim Brotherhood, (MB), ready and waiting.
One year was time enough for many (...)
History has seen them come, grow, flourish and disintegrate. States, empires, kingdoms and nations have gone through this cycle, or are still in it. Many of them ended in an unhappy collapse and ceased to exist. Some reached the end more rapidly (...)