At the Altar of Palestine
After he scored a goal in a recent match against Sudan in…
The Politics of illusions
I have just returned from an extended trip to the Middle East,…
Islamic finance is going global
The 2008 Islamic Finance Festival (FES) was held in Jakarta from Jan.…
The Lucifer Effect
Why do good, ordinary people sometimes become perpetrators of evil? The most…
Street Talk: Sympathize with Gaza
The taxi driver had skin the color of the Nile bed -…
Breaking the Neoclassical Monopoly in Economics
For the 25 years, the so-called "Washington Consensus - comprising measures aimed…
Southeast Asia's Pakistan Problem
Pakistan's near political chaos, the result of President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of…
In Focus: Defective Democracy in Egypt
It is probably true that the political situation in Egypt is not…