Africa

“Without a policy to defeat IS in Syria any approach in Iraq is doomed to failure.” Julien Barnes-Dacey of the European council on Foreign Relations. So, should we assume that a vibrant course of action will now be taken? President ...

The new Israel west of Gaza And so it came to be, just days after the Deputy Editor of the national Egyptian newspaper, Al-Ahram, Azza Sami invoked Allāh saying “O Allāh, increase the likes of Benjamin Netanyahu so that he ...

Stay up-to-date on what’s happening in Gaza: Gaza Under Siege – Updates Yasmin Khatun shares her thoughts after her visit to Chad to interview refugees from Central African Republic (CAR) for a documentary [1] As Gazan children under fire are deemed ...

AbdulFattah al sisi, we salute you. We all rise to congratulate and honour the magnificent man who has managed to maintain a moral code so profoundly. The moral code of Fir’awn (I mean) has been a long-standing tradition maintained and ...

Tampering with the Arab revolutions has become a fashionable pastime amongst military generals. Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi overthrew the first popularly elected president in the history of Egypt, exterminated those who opposed him and paved the way for his ...

It is ironic that when el-Sisi made a blunder in a speech saying “whoever does not please Allāh we will be with him, aiding and standing by him,”[1] it turned out to be precisely the case. Following the ousting of ...

After months of detention without trial, Egypt’s coup-planted courts have sentenced to death 529 supporters of the first elected president in Egyptian history. The two day long trial for an alleged attack on a police station did not allow the ...

Using Islām to Justify Crime and Oppression Egyptians are notorious for their love of Islām and their particular love of the Prophet sala Allāhu ‘alayh wasalam, commonly attaching ‘Mohammad’ to the beginning of a person’s formal name. It is difficult ...

What is the common perception of the media and what is its main goal? Every media outlet, whether the newspapers, news channels, entertainment such as TV series, movies or radio has the same goal. It is the same goal that ...

The most notable Remarks that the Sheikh made during the Interview: The Muslims in the Central African Republic (CAR) have found themselves between the hammer of Christian missionaries and the anvil of misguided sects. The colonial era has largely marginalised ...