On December 6 Thomas L. Friedman published a column with the title How ISIS drives Muslims from Islam in the New York Times. I totally agree with this. It’s only strange that […]
Is Islamism In Decline? (Column)
The Face of Saint Nicholas: Some Forensic Pathology
Modern forensic anthropology has developed tools to help discover what people looked like. These techniques are primarily used to assist in identifying unknown crime victims. However, they can be used also […]
Science Meets History: Case Closed After 529 Years
An international research team led by Dr Turi King from the University of Leicester Department of Genetics provides overwhelming evidence that the skeleton discovered under a car park in Leicester indeed represents […]
What Was On The Menu At The First Thanksgiving ?
Today, the traditional Thanksgiving dinner includes any number of dishes: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, candied yams, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. But if one were to create a historically accurate feast, consisting […]
History of Halloween
Halloween is the season for little ghosts and goblins to take to the streets, asking for candy and scaring one another silly. Spooky stories are told around fires, scary movies appear in […]
Message of ISIS: Please Don’t Attack Us. (Column)
The official spokesperson of the Islamic State (ISIS), Abū Muhammad al-‘Adnānī ash-Shāmī, gave a long and disturbing speech. It is an interesting statement as it clarifies the state of mind of the […]
Mr Blair: Your View Of The Arab World Is Dangerously Simplistic (Column)
On Wednesday 23 April 2014, Tony Blair gave a speech at Bloomberg articulating his vision on the Arab world.[1] On one point I fully agree: the world must engage itself in […]
Assad Is The Problem, Not The Solution (Column)
Tomorrow, on January 22, 2014, the Geneva II conference will start. After some deplorable miscommunication on the invitation of Iran, all main actors decided to participate. The aim of the conference is […]
Syria: The Land Of Broken Promises (Column)
“Yesterday the regime killed three of my close family members. They were in prison since one year. Now they were killed on the same day.” Salim Idriss, General Commander of the FSA, […]
What Should The EU Decide On Egypt ? (Column)
I arrived back in Cairo late in the evening, during curfew. The streets were as good as empty and the soldiers at the checkpoints were fairly friendly. However, at a distant I […]
How President Morsi Ousted Himself. A Too Short Overview. (Column)
Confusion all around in Egypt today. Everywhere discussions rage on whether or not the military did a coup, if June 30 was a second revolution or a protraction of the 2011 revolution. […]
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