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The Lessons of Jules Jammal

I wonder about the boy crossing every day, on his way to school, a street in the Dokki district of Cairo. He sees on the wall of one of the buildings a small blue sign that reads, “Jules Jammal Street

The embassy and homosexuality

While public anger erupted with regard to the participation of the U.S. Ambassador to Jordan in a meeting to discuss the rights of homosexual and transgender people two weeks ago, none of the protests

?States or Militias

Clashes conceive battles, battles give birth to wars, wars spread death and this continues on, ending with choking on the blood of humans and suffocating on the fires of cities! 50 percent of Syrian

Teaching Children to Philosophize

I would like to begin my first monthly article with a proverb by the philosopher Immanuel Kant: “We cannot learn philosophy, but we can learn to philosophize.” In this article, I will discuss the

Foolish sentences and charges

It is not rare these days for the Arab political news bulletins to lead off with the announcement of a verdict for a death sentence. They receive this news, sent to them as part of the process of

Weeping with the enemies

Collective tragedy does not negate in any way the individual tragedy, for collective tragedy is made of the people who live under its shadow--tragic heroes, rather than labeling them token victims