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Is Radicalism Possible Today?

Is Radicalism Possible Today?

Are you feeling radical? Do you think that the status quo is fundamentally broken and we have to start thinking about radical change? If so, I’d like to go back a century so that we might learn how radicalism is done. The years around 1917 were a great period of...
The Objecting Enclaves in Saudi Arabia

The Objecting Enclaves in Saudi Arabia

The wave of protest and refusal on social media against modernization represents those that fear change. In fact, these uncontrolled objections give a credit to the Saudi government on the international level for struggling to empower women, stand against religious...
Opinion: Obama – the Beginning and the End

Opinion: Obama – the Beginning and the End

Next month, the USA and the whole world will turn the page of Barack Obama’s presidency; bidding farewell to eight years whose early days were full of promise, but for tens of millions ended with sadness and disasters. Like lottery tickets, electoral democracy is...
Opinion: 25 Years of Enlightenment

Opinion: 25 Years of Enlightenment

The years have passed by quickly since MBC TV was launched but the journey has not been a smooth one. It was not just an ordinary TV station and it was not established just to fill the gap for entertainment channels or make a profit. When Sheikh Waleed founded it, he...
Opinion: Fear of Change and the Turkish Coup

Opinion: Fear of Change and the Turkish Coup

When the streets of Cairo were filled with huge crowds that came out to protest against poor public services and the bad security situation during Mohamed Morsi’s presidency in July 2013, the atmosphere was more fearful than when the people came out onto Tahrir Square...