A Summer Tonic: Mahfouz’s Belief in ‘the Power of Good’
M. LYNX-QUALEY: While conducting some 'centenary research' I came across the lecture Mahfouz delivered when accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature. …
Moroccan Souks Under Threat: Retail Boom Bites
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: The big boys from Europe are moving aggressively into the Moroccan retail space and they're squeezing the profit margins of souk operators. …
Promise of Arab Spring Failing to Deliver for Middle-Eastern Women
LUCY EMMERSON: Now is not the time to let “women’s issues” fall to the back of the agenda; they must not be deprived of the dignity that they have fought for.…
Let’s Hear It for the Poet with the Weird Accent
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Son of an acclaimed literary family, Tamim al-Barghouti's 'weird accent and non-Egyptian features' seem to be a problem for some in Egypt...…
Forget the Bombs, Africa Needs Food. Now.
RAMZY BAROUD: Maybe it's time to save a few bombing runs on Libya and donate the proceeds to the humanitarian catastrophe that's unfolding in the Horn of Africa? …
Saudi-Egyptian Causeway: A Bridge Too Far?
DAVID ROBERTS: The phrase 'believe it when you see it' applies with significant force to the Saudi-Egyptian causeway. Snow may be seen in Cairo or Jeddah before this particular project begins. …
Micro-Finance ‘major boon’ for Morocco’s Poor
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: The recent signing of an agreement in Casablanca launching a micro-finance initiative is good news for the poor of Morocco. …
Egypt: Looking At It Like a ‘Crotchety, Old Man’
DAVID ROBERTS: It's perhaps the cynicism of age but looking back at the early days of the Egyptian revolution there were quite a few of us who raised flags that all wouldn't be 'rosy in the garden'. …
First Impressions Again: An American Re-visits Cairo
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: It's my first trip back to the 'Capital of the Arab World' for a while and though much remains as ever there have been striking changes since the revolution. …
Nancy Ajram: Unlikely Icon of Democracy in Morocco
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: What do Elton John, Haifa Wahbi and Nancy Ajram have in common? …
