Covering the Palestinian–Israeli Conflict: Between Exasperation and Empathy
CNN’s Ben Wedeman looked exhausted as he fielded questions from an anchor in the United States…
Ringside Seat to Radicalization
Imagine you are a 12-year-old Palestinian boy in Gaza. You are lying wounded in a hospital. Air…
Middle East Deja Vu
When it comes to Palestinian anger, many of the answers can be found in what happens between…
Gaza, the Middle East, and the Munich Calculus
History will likely record that Hamas provoked the Gaza war with one eye on Israeli Prime…
Covering the Gaza Conflict
You can’t be objective about innocent people suffering or being killed. No matter who they are…
What Is Hamas?
My interview on the origins and worldview of Hamas. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/front...
In 2001, I asked: “Why are there so few Buddhists of color?”
"Something has to change." Shambhala Sun (now Lion's Roar). Sept. 2002. Click here…
Coronavirus is highlighting the rift in Islam (Religion Unplugged)
Coronavirus is bringing to the fore what is likely to be one of Islam’s most fundamental…
The Online Cacophony of Hate Against Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib (NYT)
Donald Trump has made the demonization of Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, a…
I met Robert Mugabe in the late 1970s. What he told me still haunts me. (Vox.com)
The Zimbabwean rebel leader wanted to be a different kind of African president. He was — just…
Pakistan is harnessing Western media in the wake of the Kashmir crisis
Responding to India’s August annexation of Kashmir, Pakistani officials are using interviews,…
Pakistan on Kashmir: “They have colonized the territory”
The WhatsApp message came an hour after I landed in Islamabad. Sardar Masood Khan, the president…
