Christian Courage in Syria
Fathallah Kabud climbed behind the wheel of the car, keenly aware of the danger that lay ahead. Perhaps he thought only of the task immediately before him, the drive through ...
Defeating Zarqawi’s Dream
On October 25, Syrian state media announced that Abu Muhammad al-Golani, the leader of Jabhat al-Nusra, had been killed by the Syrian military near Latakia in northwest Syria. According to ...
Hostage to Foreign Extremists
As the secretaries of Defense and State testified before the House Armed Services Committee about American military intervention in Syria on Tuesday, I spoke with two Syrians to discuss the ...
Coptic Kristallnacht
The millions of Egyptians, Muslim and Christian, who took to the street in peaceful protest over a month ago understood well the consequences of crossing the Muslim Brotherhood. “So much ...
The Sisters of Maadi
The characteristic of Cairo that most alarms visiting Westerners is the constant river of pedestrians amid swiftly moving traffic. Residents of this impoverished megalopolis of 20 million dart into traffic with ...
Toppling an Islamist Regime in Egypt
“If all Egyptians unite, it can happen,” said Mina, the weary-eyed young man with whom I spoke in Cairo in late May. Those same eyes witnessed his friends crushed beneath ...