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Opinion: Stop the tuk-tuk!

Opinion: Stop the tuk-tuk!

Almost every single day, tuk-tuks finds their way to news headlines as a party in an accident, and somedays, more…
Reflections on Arab politics: To create good leaders, good citizens need to be nurtured

Reflections on Arab politics: To create good leaders, good citizens need to be nurtured

The Egyptian Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz wrote in his novel ‘Heart of the Night’, that ‘Politics is a spacious…
Boredom opens the door to isolation, depression, and terrorism

Boredom opens the door to isolation, depression, and terrorism

When governments talk about how to reduce the risk of terrorism, the most oft-voiced policies are security-based: detecting and cracking…
Opinion: Escaping the Cairo Eye

Opinion: Escaping the Cairo Eye

The fact that Cairo is not attractive from above is no secret for those who look at it from the…
Silicon Valley: the ultimate goal, or the beginning of the end? (Part two)

Silicon Valley: the ultimate goal, or the beginning of the end? (Part two)

There is no doubt that technology has made our lives easier. From communicating with others despite miles of separation, to…
Silicon Valley: the ultimate goal, or the beginning of the end? (Part one)

Silicon Valley: the ultimate goal, or the beginning of the end? (Part one)

I was watching a promotional clip of Oprah Winfrey’s interview with former US President Barack Obama. He was discussing his…
What can be done about society’s ongoing crisis of values?

What can be done about society’s ongoing crisis of values?

It is so painful, so inexpressible when I look at what our relationship with “the other” has become; when I…
Islamic Rationalism: A Missed Opportunity?

Islamic Rationalism: A Missed Opportunity?

On one of my visits to Germany, while walking in the streets of Munich, I bumped into a sheikh whom I know…
Their existing secularism and our aspired secularism

Their existing secularism and our aspired secularism

George Holyoake’s 1896 publication English Secularism describes secularism as follows: “Secularism is a code of duty pertaining to this life, founded on…
Macron… Betrayal of Language and Problems of Terminology

Macron… Betrayal of Language and Problems of Terminology

Did Macron catch the vicious “bug” of sectarianism from Lebanese officials when he met them in Beirut? They know how…
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