Opinion

I have a soft spot for contrarians. There is something endearing about people who take a perverse pleasure in going…

There are two possibilities regarding the digitally-manipulated photo initially taken at the launch of the Middle East peace talks in…

Mohamed ElBaradei and the National Association for Change (NAC) persist in calling for a boycott of the People’s Assembly elections…

Why won't the government come clean about Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin’s recent decision to accept a managerial position at the…

Tolerance is a very peculiar thing. Not only is it both a sentiment and a behavior, it is also defined…

What’s the relationship between nuclear power and democracy? This question may appear strange as the two seem entirely unrelated, at…

A few weeks ago I wrote that the current crisis over Park51 (also known as Cordoba House, and to its…

Gamal Mubarak’s presidential campaign has recently moved from covert planning to public mobilization, with posters and petitions in support of…

As the controversy surrounding the Cordoba House in Lower Manhattan has grown to a frenzy, we keep hearing the claim…

I recently came across an interesting article in the English edition of Al-Masry Al-Youm, entitled “Our local ‘green’ agenda.” The…