by Mona Eltahawy | Jul 24, 2005 | Opinion
There is no more “us” and “them” It is all “we”. When London, Beirut and Sharm el-Sheikh are all attacked in less than 48 hours, there is no more Muslim or Christian or Jew. There is no more believer or infidel. There is no more East or West When the dead in Sharm...
by Mona Eltahawy | Jul 17, 2005 | Opinion
It is time to declare once and for all the absurdity of the “George Bush made me do it” excuse that is dragged out every time Muslims carry out a terrorist attack. It was as ridiculous on July 7 when terrorists struck London as it was on September 11, 2001 when they...
by Mona Eltahawy | Jul 10, 2005 | Opinion
I learned to speak English in East London, the area of the British capital that suffered the most from Thursday’s terrorist attacks. When my parents moved us to London in 1975, our daily route to work and school on the Underground took us across the same stations that...
by Mona Eltahawy | Jul 3, 2005 | Opinion
DAMASCUS – The last time I visited the Syrian capital in June 2000 it was dressed in the black clothes of mourning for the funeral of President Hafez al-Assad. Returning five years later, I am eager to compare and contrast. Some new things are deceptively simple –...
by Mona Eltahawy | Jun 28, 2005 | Opinion
CAIRO – I came home to shout Kifaya. Ever since December when a small group of demonstrators began using the word at a protest in Cairo that was unprecedented for its focus on internal issues, I have feverishly followed news from Egypt from my New York flat....
