Logik Politik

America’s Most Lethal Navy SEAL Sniper

I want to feel sorry for him for not being able to see how he was contradicting himself in saying that the people he killed were “savage”, while also maintaining that he had to portray them as savage, and that he had “to get in the mentality and…not think of them as human beings.”

Not Just Decor: The Struggle for Real Women’s Rights in Lebanon

Lebanese feminist collective, Nasawiya, have organized a march in support of a recent bill which would criminalize marital rape for January 14th.

Don’t Ignore Ron Paul

Ron Paul stands in a unique position amongst fellow Republicans as well as amongst general Progressives. This has, unsurprisingly, made him perhaps the most polarizing contemporary political figure in American politics as well perhaps the most misunderstood. How can we understand him?

Al Jazeera’s Muslims of France

A brief survey of Al Jazeera English’s ‘Muslims of France.’

Selective Shivers in the Islamist Winter

Tunisia`s example demonstrates that we cannot necessarily assume that Islamism can only lead to an oppressive proverbial harem for women (and even men) or that and secularism is the only route to achieve good.

Post-Revolution Egypt Needs Orientalist Perverts

Or maybe it doesn’t. Or maybe it does. Perhaps, it doesn’t.

Mocking the Prophet, Mocking his Followers?

The editor of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo spoke out immediately after the petrol-bombing of the offices of his offices on Wednesday to accuse those responsible of being ‘idiots who betray their own religion’ and ‘radical stupid people who don’t know what Islam is’. Stephane Charbonnier comes across as defensive of Islam, voicing the same sentiment expressed by most of us ‘moderates’ whenever extremist attacks splash themselves across the news.

Impotency of Critique in Pakistan

While adding some comic relief to the otherwise bleak socio-economic and political landscape of Pakistan, does Beyghairat Brigade’s viral song Aalu Anday miss the mark?

Celebration of Arab Culture at Lincoln Theatre

Look, aside from the World Cup, we Arabs really only enjoy two other things with equal pleasure: Fashion and Music. Take a look back at the last Arab wedding you’ve been to, remember Uncle Sammy dressed in a plaid powder-blue suit and dancing to Nancy Ajram with the ferocity that makes Mick Jagger look like a white boy at a Zulu coming-of-age ceremony.