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Turkey: Avoiding a Lame Democracy!

When there is disagreement with a certain intellectual trend or a particular political movement, whatever the orientation heralded by this trend or that movement, such disagreement does not mean the elimination and exclusion of the party that is differed with. At...

They Sowed and We Reaped

When the culprits behind the 1995 bombings in Riyadh and the 1996 bombings in Khobar were revealed to be Saudis and after it became known that most of the attackers responsible for 2001’s horrific tragedy of 9/11 were also predominantly Saudi, many Saudis were deeply...

All This Violence

As I looked at the map of the world in front of me I set out to identify areas that have been inflicted with violence, finding hot spots here and there. There were also points that were engulfed by violence that has thankfully come to an end in some parts. Violence is...

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia, from the Greek word ‘schizophreneia’, meaning “split mind,” is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality and by significant social or occupational...

Much Ado About Nothing

How sincere, honest and correct King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz was with himself and others in his opening speech at the 19th Arab summit held in Riyadh. The King talked frankly about the way things were, speaking not as a traditional or even a revolutionary Arab leader...