Xanax prescriptions were not the only thing my colleagues requested when they found out I was interviewing the famed psychiatrist (and professor of psychology) Ahmed Okasha. They asked for advice on how to stop obsessing over their children's (...)
“Rejecting compromises is heroic and noble in appearance but in substance it reflects lack of responsibility. It destroys the self and the dream altogether. Dreams do not come true just because one's demands are legitimate. It is not enough to be (...)
As 2013 begins, Arab pundits reflect on yet another year of Arab Spring.
While many Arab pundits believe that the Arab Spring is not yet over and that other Arab countries will jump on the wagon in 2013, others believe the Arab Spring has not yet (...)
Rasha Saad discovers that the biggest battle in Syria might not be in its capital
The Syrian issue and the final battle before the fall of Al-Assad's regime continue to be the focus of the pundits this week.
In the London-based Al-Hayat, Ghassan (...)
Rasha Saad says the race has begun over who will take Al-Assad's place
In his daily column in the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat, Jihad Al-Khazen wrote that during a meeting with former Egyptian vice president Omar Suleiman, he told Al-Khazen that he (...)
Rasha Saad sees Damascus entering a whole new situation
Last week's bombing of the Syrian National Council building is the beginning of the end of the Syrian regime, pundits believe.
However, there are conflicting reports over the perpetrators of (...)
Rasha Saad pinpoints the start of the eventual fall of Damascus
In the London-based daily Al-Hayat, George Semaan wrote that heated international action to lead the Syrian crisis outside the circle of violence reveals that time is running out and (...)
Rasha Saad sees Al-Assad's speech only hardened local and international resistance
The Syrian predicament continues to capture the focus of pundits. For many, the near future carries no political solution in Syria but a continuation of the bloodshed (...)
Rasha Saad explores the unprecedented victory of a party whose birthplace triggered the Arab Spring
The landslide victory by the Islamist party Al-Nahda in the Tunisian Constituent Assembly elections was the focus of pundits this week.
Al-Nahda took (...)
Rasha Saad collects opinions on Gaddafi's astonishing demise
The bloody killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and its implication on the future of Libya was the focus of pundits this week.
In the London-based daily Al-Hayat, George Samaan wrote (...)
Rasha Saad notes that not everyone believes there was an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US
The US administration's revelation of an Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi Ambassador to Washington Adel Al-Jubair, if verified, is (...)
Rasha Saad spotlights the kingdom's decision which improves the political situation of its women
Pundits focussed this week on Saudi King Abdullah's decision that women join the Shura Council and run for office in local municipal elections.
While (...)
Rasha Saad reviews 9/11 a decade later
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, pundits pondered over what is left of it and announced the winners and losers.
In the London-based daily Al-Hayat, Jihad Al-Khazen pronounced both Al-Qaeda and the US as losers (...)
Rasha Saad scans reactions after the man who went on a shooting rampage in Norway was found not to be an Islamist terrorist
The link between the recent massacres in Norway and Islamophobia was the focus of the pundits this week.
In the pan-Arab (...)
Rasha Saad assesses why the army is still the country's best bet
The return of Egyptian revolutionaries to Tahrir Square was the focus of pundits this week.
In the London-based, pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat George Semaan wrote that unless the (...)
Rasha Saad uncovers a bigger, regional stain
Pundits questioned the reasons behind what they described as Arab silence on the massacres being committed against Syrians by their regime.
Jameel Theyabi wrote that in Syria, the fragile government is (...)
Rasha Saad tries to predict when Saudi women will start driving
The right of Saudi women to drive in their country was the focus of the pundits who believe it is a matter of time before women in the kingdom will be allowed to drive. Though the (...)
Rasha Saad underlines Obama's fine but empty words
US President Barack Obama's speech addressing the Middle East was, according to many, eloquent yet void of content.
In the London-based daily Al-Hayat, Mustafa Zein wrote that in his speech the US (...)
Rasha Saad relates the anniversary Palestinians commemorate with loathe
Pundits focussed on Sunday's anniversary of Nakba when more than 600,000 Palestinians were forced to flee their homes and lands in 1948.
In its editorial, the UAE newspaper (...)
Rasha Saad unveils Iran's attempts at stoking even more the Gulf uprisings
Pundits focussed this week on developments in the Shia uprising in Bahrain. In the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Abdel-Bari Atwan focussed on the proxy war between Iran and (...)
Far from bringing comfort to the Iranian leadership, Egypt's revolution is inspiring Iran's democratic opposition, writes Rasha Saad
Popular and political forces in Egypt vehemently criticised statements made by Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei (...)
The passage of two Iranian naval ships through the Suez Canal is being seen as Tehran's attempt to sound out the new post-Mubarak Egypt, writes Rasha Saad
No sooner did Israel sigh in relief as Egypt's newly empowered military government said it (...)
Rasha Saad reports on Iran's daring cross-border raid into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish insurgents
As Iran battles its way to escape international isolation as a result of its nuclear activities, domestic unrest reigns high in the western part of the (...)
Egypt's government officials came under fire from pundits for all sorts of reasons while the upcoming direct talks between Palestinians and Israelis were not spared similar attacks. Rasha Saad and Mohamed El-Sayed witnessed the gunfire
A spate of (...)
According to Tehran, the UAE's implementation of sanctions on Iran goes beyond what the UN has authorised, writes Rasha Saad
The diplomatic row created as a result of press reports quoting the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to (...)