[caption id="attachment_55226161" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Abdel Mon’im Abdul Fotouh"][/caption] There has been noted tension in relations between Abdul Fotouh and his Brotherhood…

[escenic_image id="55220880"]Amin Matalqa is an Arab-American filmmaker based in Los Angeles. His last feature film, Captain Abu Raed, set in Jordan, was described as a “humanistic triumph” by The…

[escenic_image id="55220778"] Capitalism 4.0: The Birth of a New Economy Anatole Kaletsky Bloomsbury 2010 £ 20.00 The best thing about journalist Anatole Kaletsky’s book Capitalism 4.0, is…

[escenic_image id="55220237"]“Without Iran, Islam would be lost.” Iranian Chief of Staff Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei spoke these words in August of this year, inciting a gush of criticism from Shi’ite…

[escenic_image id="55219621"]Almost a decade after 11 September 2001 Islam and American Muslims are on trial in America, implicated through guilt-by-association with Al-Qaeda for being seen as of the…

[escenic_image id="55216187"] Decision Points George W. Bush Crown 2010 When asked how history would judge the Iraq war, George W. Bush told The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward: “History, we…

[escenic_image id="55212458"]Interfaith relations in the United States have come to a crossroads, particularly concerning American perceptions of Islam. While instances of blatant xenophobia and…

[escenic_image id="55211072"] Distinctive within Iranian artist Golnaz Fathi’s second solo UK exhibition, entitled Liminal Subliminal, are three red, black and white painted manuscripts draped from…

[escenic_image id="55200991"] The birth of the internet in 1989 transformed the underpinning of our world. The capabilities of the global network in communication as well as governance revolutionized…

[escenic_image id="55200916"]After purchasing his first painting, Sheikh Hassan was hooked. Gradually, he purchased one artwork after another until his collection swelled to more than 6,000.     The…