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Egypt’s deserted pyramids of Giza. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Opinion: Goodbye Heikal!

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Aug 27, 2015 | Opinion

I wrote this article after I decided to free myself of the burden of fear that characterized many of the past attempts to criticize Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, the man who contributed to the failure of Gamal Abdel Nasser’s pan-Arab project more than its imaginary...

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Yazid Al-Shaqeran holds his secondary school diploma, at left, and the flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, at right.

Opinion: The Extremist Recruitment Riddle

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Aug 14, 2014 | Opinion

There is horror and fear in the eyes of ordinary people previously unaware of extremism and terrorism. This is down to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the very model of an extremist–revolutionary organization, astute enough to establish a new state while...

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In this still taken from an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) video, an Islamist fighter, center, identified as Abu Muthana Al-Yemeni from Britain, speaks from an unknown location. (Reuters/Reuters TV)

Opinion: A New Terrorism

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Aug 9, 2014 | Opinion

We now find ourselves in the bottleneck of extremism, terrorism and global threats from violent armed groups—groups that without exception employ chaotic, destructive terrorism that undermines the fabric of states, when in the past they only sought to oppose the...

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A mosque’s minaret is seen as smoke rises from an Israeli strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Israel struck symbols of Hamas’ control of Gaza and the strip’s only power plant on Tuesday, escalating its military campaign against the Islamic militant group with the heaviest bombardment in the fighting so far. (AP Photo/Lefteris […]

Opinion: Islamic Self-Delusion

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Jul 31, 2014 | Opinion

I was recently speaking with a well-known “moderate” Islamist figure about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and how this terrorist group has managed to defame the true image of Sunni Islam within just a few short months—more than Al-Qaeda and other violent...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Egyptian Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, February 13, 2014. REUTERS/Mihail Metzel/RIA Novosti/Kremlin (RUSSIA – Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Opinion: Sisi in Russia and Erdoğan in Tehran

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Feb 20, 2014 | Opinion

The main event of last week in terms of the post-Arab Spring political alliances in the Middle East may well have been the visit of the Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to Russia, which included discussion of agreements to buy Russian arms, including...