Selected Opinion

By Sol W. Sanders- World Tribune – Ancient Christian enclaves, some of them going back to its earliest origins in its birthplace which have survived centuries of vicissitudes, are being [...]

By Aleteia – Adapted from Portuguese by Elizabeth Lavigne.   He Spent the Night Alone in an Abandoned Tomb One day Saint Anthony, then aged 35, decided to spend the night alone in an [...]

By Khaled Montasser –  Egypt Independent – Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm But does this mean we can sleep reassured and have nice dreams? Absolutely not. For although the [...]

By Bret Stephens – The Wall Street Journal – (Angela Merkel) is begging small favors from weaker powers on temporary matters in exchange for broad concessions with far-reaching [...]

By Timothy Kaldas – TIMEP – In practice, however, societies are complex bodies with an array of competing interests, and the interests of those in power regularly differ from those of [...]

By Jameson Brower – Aleteia – Each day brings fresh headlines about the war in the Middle East—on the forces in Syria and Iraq, refugees the world over and the tense politics woven [...]

By Youssef Sidhom – Watani – Given that the parties are admittedly Islamic-based, fears and speculations abound that the non-constitutional situation threatens to halt the elections [...]

By Henry A. Kissinger – The Wall Street Journal – The debate about whether the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran regarding its nuclear program stabilized the Middle East’s [...]

By Al-Masry – Al Youm – Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm But the question here is: why is there such apathy toward the elections? I attribute it to measures that were taken in [...]

By Eric Trager – The Washington Institute –  Egypt’s parliamentary elections, the first round of which begins this weekend, will almost surely consolidate the country’s [...]