Brushing up on Iranians
After my teeth were professionally scraped, polished and flossed, I told my…
Terrorism and war: parallels, differences and suffering
There are numerous explanations, definitions and theories on war, whether historical, psychological,…
Between Moscow and Damascus
Russia s approach to a Syrian-Israeli peace process is very much a…
Towards real media independence
On the eve of 2008 Egyptian private satellite channels like Dream and…
New depths of Palestinian suffering
Gaza is on the threshold of becoming the first territory to be…
With a Grain of Salt: Islam and Democracy
Hiroaki Kanazawa, Middle East Affairs correspondent for Nikkei - Japan's second largest…
Trends and trendiness at Davos
The annual World Economic Forum is rightly perceived as a global "barometer.…
Beyond literacy in the Arab world
Education in the Arab world is a mixture of good and bad…