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This fiendish new Turkish-led alliance requires an assertive response

31 December 2017

Understanding the egomaniacal Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regional ambitions needs no mind reader. For years, he has sought to meddle in Arab affairs, at...

Higher salaries and lower prices top Egyptians’ wish lists

22 December 2017

The unseated Muslim Brotherhood president Mohammed Morsi left the Egyptian economy in shambles. Foreign reserves were depleted. Foreign investment dried up.

Trump’s dangerous policies imperil our world

10 December 2017

Through his own actions, United States President Donald Trump has diminished his status as Leader of the Free World and eliminated himself as an honest broker....

Trump’s greatest betrayal has dire consequences

07 December 2017

Almost all America’s closest allies have cautioned US President Donald Trump against recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital warning of potentially grave...

A window for Middle East peace has opened. Let’s grab it!

21 November 2017

The human race has been gifted with an amazing capacity for problem-solving. With God’s will there is nothing we cannot achieve. Scientists have cured illnesses that...

Minds distorted by neo-liberal values

11 October 2017

I am a great believer in personal freedom. I have never sought to impose my beliefs on anyone else and my philosophy has always been ‘Live and let live’. What people do...

Great Britain, the extremists’ Utopia

04 October 2017

Britons have long been known for their respect for human rights and civil liberties as well as their tolerant attitudes towards peoples of other creeds and cultures....

The UAE and Egypt share unbreakable bonds

28 September 2017

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s recent two-day visit to Abu Dhabi to hold talks with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was a testament to the brotherly relations...

The downtrodden Arabs the world ignores

06 September 2017

If you are unaware that there are millions of Arabs subsisting in miserable conditions in the oil-and-water-rich Iranian province of Khuzestan, you can be forgiven. The...

Washington’s slap to Egypt is unfair and unwise

28 August 2017

Egyptians saw a potential friend in the 2016 US presidential candidate Donald Trump. His win delivered hope that the frosty relationship between Cairo and Washington,...

Beware Iran’s dangerous Middle East creep

26 August 2017

I do not wish to sound alarmist but after piecing the puzzle together I cannot escape the conclusion that Tehran’s mid-to-long term strategy is not only aimed at...

Britain must fight fire with fire

09 June 2017

When news of the terrorist attack in Manchester first broke, I experienced feelings of sorrow. England, where I have a country home, has always held a special place in...

Qatar, the architect of its own isolation

06 June 2017

This is one of the saddest days since the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was formed. I never imagined that a brotherly country, a neighbour with which we in the United...

Egypt’s future rests on its people’s shoulders

16 May 2017

Unlike several of its neighbours, the Arab World’s most populous nation has thankfully succeeded in regaining its political, security and social equilibrium following...

Iran’s declaration of war must not go unanswered

10 May 2017

The pretence has ended. The gloves are off. Iran’s Minister of Defence, Brigadier General Hossein Dehgan, has openly threatened to destroy the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...

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