Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Egyptian women protest against sexual harassment in Cairo, Egypt, on June 14, 2014.
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Egypt launches first feminist comic-strip magazine

by Sara Rabea | Nov 14, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—For Egyptians, the word, “El-Shakmageya,” conjures up images of a grandmother presenting her soon-to-be-wed granddaughter with an intricately decorated wooden box filled with the family’s trinkets and heirlooms. The...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, right, and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, left, during a session of Assembly of Experts in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 (AP Photo)

Opinion: Rafsanjani’s Recipe for Reconciliation

by Amir Taheri | Nov 14, 2014 | Opinion

For decades, relations between the United States and Iran have been marked by attempts to make a deal at the eleventh hour. This started in 1978, even before the mullahs seized power. Recent revelations show that leading Khomeinist figures, notably Ayatollah Muhammad...

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A masked Islamic State militant holding a knife speaks next to man purported to be U.S. journalist James Foley at an unknown location in this still file image from an undated video posted on a social media website. (REUTERS/Social Media Website via REUTERS TV/Files)

Opinion: The Western Jihadist Phenomenon

by Osman Mirghani | Nov 14, 2014 | Opinion

The arrest of four people a few days ago in Britain on suspicion of planning a terrorist operation, and the raising of the national security alert level, reflect the concern of several Western countries over the thousands of their citizens who have gone to join the...