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Why western societies are mishandling the pandemic?

One of the highlights of my annual calendar is time spent at my home in the English countryside and in various European countries. During my travels I have always recharged my energy ready to take...

Hungary, Europe’s rising star

While I do not minimise the hardships endured by many millions all over the planet or the economic devastation wrought by a virus that respects no borders, I am optimistic that once the plague is...

Sheikh Mohammed illuminates Dubai’s future path

How truly blessed we Emiratis are! I am from the generation born into an era of hardship and I never cease to marvel at my homeland’s spectacular transformation seeded in the 1960s and 1970s by...

Our enemy’s friend is not ours

Former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger spoke to truth when he said, “America has no permanent friends, only interests”.

Trump’s dangerous policies imperil our world

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. America’s allies and adversaries are...

Minds distorted by neo-liberal values

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 in the privacy of their own...

Great Britain, the extremists’ Utopia

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. Britain is a ‘live and let live’...

The downtrodden Arabs the world ignores

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 shameful fact is that their...

Washington’s slap to Egypt is unfair and unwise

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, triggered by the Obama...

Britain must fight fire with fire

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 my heart. But since soulless...

Egypt’s future rests on its people’s shoulders

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

Russia and its dubious friends deserve to be frozen out

Russia is on a roll. Vladimir Putin has displayed anguish over the break up of the Soviet Union and now he is intent on getting as many states as he can back under Moscow’s wing and is out to expand...

Excerpts from an interview with Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, Chairman, Al Habtoor...

“Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has removed obstacles to investment in Egypt but dealing with state departments is still a problem,” says Khalaf Al Habtoor. When asked if would have invested in Egypt during...

Britain needs a competitiveness shake-up

I love England. Always have and always will. I am never happier than when there is a carpet of snow covering the garden and fields surrounding my country home or just out for a stroll with friends...

Enough condolences! Terrorism requires global solutions

This is not the world I have known throughout my life. Warriors and soldiers have always put their lives on the line during armed conflicts and innocents have always been caught up in the crossfire....

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