The heritage of economic citizenship: a‘refuge’ for advancement
A lot of unnecessary energy has already been expended on Egyptian television…
Withdrawing into the arts: a local, two-pronged strategy for fighting ISIS
Just the other day, I was meeting with a Christian friend at…
Egypt and China, a Bridge Not Too Far: Taha Hussein or Henry Kissinger?
A very distinguished Chinese academic, Dr. Wang Jisi, just gave a talk…
Gender relations in Egypt: a philosophical facelift
An Egyptian philosopher friend advised me to watch The Three Faces of…
Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation declined to 9.1% in February
The rate of inflation is linked to the continued devaluation of the…
The history award goes to… the blank slate!
Egypt won three awards last week at the Dubai film festival and…
The strategic plane: Russia in the Mideast energy cauldron
A journalist friend had told me a while ago, without naming who…
The baby and the bathwater: Putting history on the map
I watched an offensive diatribe the other day on a private sector…
Black Mess: Gangsters, bombers, and alliance politics
You may be wondering what gangster thriller “Black Mass” (2015) about James…