by Turki Al-Hamad | Jan 10, 2007 | Opinion
The strong smell of sectarianism, spite, and revenge surrounded the footage of the late President Saddam Hussein’s execution. In brief moments, the footage sums up a long history of the nature of human relations in this afflicted part of the world, from the...
by Turki Al-Hamad | Dec 19, 2006 | Opinion
“Why is it that southern India was able to feed 385 people in one square kilometer whilst equatorial Africa, which is rainy and has a similar climate, land and topography, can hardly secure food for four people in one square kilometer?” asks the French...
by Turki Al-Hamad | Dec 3, 2006 | Opinion
Acts of violence have become a daily occurrence in Iraq as hear about massacres carried out by one party against another. Violence is the same regardless of the different parties involved: Sunnis against Shia, Shia against Sunnis, Kurds against Arabs and Arabs against...
by Turki Al-Hamad | Nov 21, 2006 | Opinion
“This is America. That’s how it has always been and how it will always be. It’s a demonic invention to some and a divine creation to others.” (Hadaeq Allah (God’s Gardens) by al Safi Saeed). I cannot think of a phrase as profound and concise to describe the attitudes...
by Turki Al-Hamad | Nov 13, 2006 | Opinion
It was a maxim in the United States that the Democrats waged wars and the Republicans ended them. In all the cases of 20th-Century American wars fought outside US territory, the President was a Democrat. During World War I, it was Woodrow Wilson; World War II,...
