Gaza and the Failure of Deterrence
Every day in the Gaza Strip, strategic deterrence - the inhibition of…
Purple: Cairo's latest, lushest place to be
Described as the kind of club-lounge that everyone had been hoping for…
Lampooning Dick Cheney's Vacation
The US seems to enjoy sending its most hated figures to the…
Rescuing the two-state solution
Here s a truism of Middle East diplomacy. Everyone knows the outline…
Egyptian ex-Guantanamo detainee left with just empty promises
TANTA: On Oct. 1, 2005 Sami Al-Laithi turned 50. This was also…
Turkey's Secular Fundamentalist Threat
The Chief Prosecutor of Turkey's High Court of Appeals recently recommended to…
Why a flood of new archaeological discoveries?
CAIRO: Many of you may have questioned why, suddenly around this time…
With a Grain of Salt: I bang, therefore I am!
What with the banging and honking for the government we see in…
Gold futures sink further after dollar rebounds
NEW YORK: Gold prices tumbled to a one-month low Thursday, plunging after…
Bedouin Paths: Sleeping in the desert
As everyone knows the desert is hot. Very hot. So hot in…