Ruba Mansour,osman li: The critic on Saladin Ayyubi has no direct relation to his person, because satire or praise of Ayyubi has no effect on him in his grave, The attack here was on the culture…
Salahdin, the duality of success and victory
Tag: war
Sectarian Religious Colonialism and Civil Colonialism
Mamdouh Bitar, Ruba Mansour: The sect, in general, is a parasitic structure with no rights over the individual or the state. The issue of mutual rights is limited to the social individual and the state, each with rights over…
The muslim Brotherhood and the inevitability of war and destruction
Ruba Mansour, Syriano: The imaginary caliphate state is not wanted by more than 5% of the population. Moreover, such a state is prohibited by international agreement or resolution. Therefore, its establishment or continuation after a coup is virtually impossible. Even…
Bedouins without a desert
:samir sadek , ma bitar Bedouinism is a human condition whose most important features are stagnation and lack of development, like the desert. Human development is not always linked primarily to his will, but rather to the circumstances…
Military and Islamist failure: what next
Hazem Saghieh Who can rule in the Arab and Islamic world – the military, or the Islamists? The experiences of the region in the 20th century in general, and of modern Egypt in particular, seem to present such a zero-sum…
Clash of barbarisms
elias khoury The Assad regime and the civil war in Syria In the early days of the Syrian revolution, when, after the overthrow of Ben Ali in Tunisia and Mubarak in Egypt, optimism still prevailed, people believed that the peaceful…
Is Assad Losing the War in Syria
Aron Lund Judging by a lot of the media coverage of the Syrian war, President Bashar al-Assad runs a curious sort of regime: it is always either crumbling or on the verge of victory The narrative shifts every now and…
What if No One Is Winning the War in Syria
Aron Lund Regardless of who is or is not losing the war in Syria, it is safe to say that no one seems to stand any chance of winning it. It is a lazy pattern of thought, but a strong…
Only Assad’s fall can preserve the Syrian state
Housam hafez Many international observers believe that Syria is on the verge of state collapse. In their minds, the fall of Bashar al-Assad will lead to wholesale anarchy and the destruction of state institutions. They are mistaken. The men and…
Syria and the Dogs of War
Diplomacy is the Only Way to Preserve What’s Left of Syria “Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial” – Julius Caesar, Act 3, scene…