No Harlem Shake, but Sheikhs’ Checks
The World Social Forum (FSM), the nemesis of the World Economic Forum, and the anti-Globalization movement par excellence, decided to organize its 2013 annual meeting in Tunisia (last month). The tiny North-African nation was the cradle of the Arab Spring and maybe, as time will tell, the epicenter of a universal revolt of youth and subalterns. ...
حرقنا رواحنا
مررت في حياتي ما بعد-الأستاذية (أو ما تسميه حثالة الأنجلوفونية بالبوست-جرادووايت لايف) بثلاثة مراحل: بيروت، فنيو يورك، فلندن. وحقيقةً كانت صورة تونس -والمسلمين بصفة عامة- تتغير في كل مرة.
ففي بيروت، ...
Obama’s reaction after the invasion of U.S embassies…
Obama’s reaction after the invasion of U.S embassies …
يا مسيحيي الشرق، انتبهوا…
متى دغدغت الإسلام في امتنا اليوم فأنت كافر.
و متى انتقدت المسيح في عالمنا العربي فأنت متشدد.
أما في العالم فمتى تكلمت ضد اليهود فإنك تصير معادياً للسامية.
أما أنا فلا يهمني أي ...
Timbuktu: Realpolitik and Archaeology
Archaeology didn’t become a complex science until the mid 20th century. Stones were considered previously as mere pieces of art to collect, and businessmen along with diplomats and statesmen used to buy them from the indigenous dwellers like any cheap merchandise; it’s therefore not surprising to find the best of Athens ...
مصر…ومات أخناتن ثانيةً
ارتعدت مصر بعد ثورة تونس، وإرتعد العالم يوم ثارت مصر، ثم خمدت النار وبقي الرماد. وهاهو التراب اليوم يبتلع الرماد.
يوم تبين أن مبارك أصبح في عداد الساقطين، بدأت الولايات المتحدة تتفاوض مع العسكر ...
Will Egypt’s disfunction spillover to Tunisia? The presidential race raises questions
Despite the obvious parallels between the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions, and the clear effect Tunisia’s successful ouster of Ben Ali inspired Egyptian activists, there has been surprisingly little cross-pollination of democratic ideas between Egypt and Tunisia. But as the Egyptian presidential race heats up and Tunisia enters another dangerous ...
Ain’t no winter for the Arab Spring – A guide for rebels abroad
Every time I meet or talk to friends from Syria, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and other burning spots of the Arab Spring region, I feel their depression and sadness to how things are dangerously escalating in some of these places. Now, I can’t give generic advices and solutions for what is happening in these countries since the situation there is completely ...