Opinion

International Women’s Day: Why America’s Politically Correct Feminists Dishonor Human Rights

Today, decades later, I work with Muslim and ex-Muslim dissidents and feminists. They do not understand why Western feminists do not stand with them...

Ghannouchi’s Warm Welcome in Washington Misses Realities in Tunisia

Ten years ago, the United States was so hysterical about Islamists, particularly in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, that it inexplicably...

Withdrawal of Qatari Ambassadors Points to Deep Frustration

Over the last few years, Qatar has taken a different stance from other GCC countries on a number of regional issues. The initial motivations...

Egypt’s Arms Deal with Russia: Potential Strategic Costs

Last month, this same mistrust of Washington prompted Egyptian military leader Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to choose Russia as the destination of his first visit...

Introducing “The Lost Spring”

In Future Jihad (2005), a book that was selected for the U.S. House of Representatives Summer Readings 2006, I projected the rise of the...

AIDS Cure As Metaphor

While Americans are an easy mark for those peddling dreams of personal progress, Egyptians typically fall for those promising national glory. The dirty little...

The Muslim Democracy

Throughout his speech, Obama alluded both to Turkish democracy and the enduring alliance between Washington and Ankara—a friendship that grew so close Obama eventually...

Egyptians Are Again Kept in the Dark on Their Political Affairs

The interim cabinet was put in place after the military’s removal of Mohammed Morsi in July last year. The interim prime minister, Hazem El...

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