by Dr. Hamad Al-Majid | Aug 1, 2013 | Opinion
Following last Friday’s events, the political situation in Egypt can only expected to worsen, becoming further aggravated and tense. There is now a dire need to ameliorate the situation, however the Egyptian liberal elites that are in control of the...
by Dr. Hamad Al-Majid | May 12, 2013 | Opinion
No matter how desperately advocates of the Arab revolutions strive to justify the deplorable conditions in the states where these uprisings erupted, there is an unmistakable sense of frustration caused by their end results. This sense prevails even among some of the...
by Dr. Hamad Al-Majid | May 1, 2013 | Opinion
My colleague, Fahmi Huwaidi, recently wrote an interesting article for Asharq Al-Awsat entitled “The Salafists: Between Those Who Fear Them and Those Who Fear for Them.” In this article, Huwaidi criticized the position of the Egyptian Salafists on the new Egyptian...
by Dr. Hamad Al-Majid | Apr 23, 2013 | Opinion
“Iran and Hezbollah bear responsibility for every Syrian killed, every tree felled, and every house destroyed.” This is not a quote from a Shi’ite leader calling for a review of Shi’a doctrine: it comes from Sheikh Subhi Al-Tufayli, a pillar of Hezbollah,...
by Dr. Hamad Al-Majid | Apr 16, 2013 | Opinion
A friend of mine asked me, “What happened to the Egypt that was once the factory of skilled politicians and the womb that carried symbols and leaders, all sadly lacking now? Has Egypt become so barren that all that its population of 90 million people could...
