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On staring at goats, cats and camels | Khaled Diab

Can a man kill a goat armed with little more than his eyes? Well, the US military seemed willing to believe in the possibility of such superhuman powers, as revealed in The Men Who Stare at Goats, Jon Ronson's book about how the American army ...

From KHALED DIAB, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jon Ronson,  George Clooney

Beyoncé: saint or sinner?

Beyoncé (the 'Booty-shaking believer') is performing in Egypt for the first time. Photograph: David Fisher/Rex Features You can imagine my surprise when I learned that Beyoncé was not just another nauseating platinum-plated R&B diva, but has been lured ...

From KHALED DIAB, Guardian Unlimited,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Fisher,  Haifa Wehbe

Palestinian reconciliation through ballots

Cursed as they are with bad leadership, the sad saga of the Palestinian people fluctuates between tragedy and farce. As if contending with a crushing occupation, embargoes, closures and the complete physical separation of the West Bank and Gaza were ...

From KHALED DIAB, Lebanon Daily Star,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Hamas,  Palestinian Authority,  Mahmoud Abbas,  Barack Obama,  Yossi Beilin

Middle East: a Belgian solution?

George Mitchell's reappearance on the Middle Eastern scene earlier this year has reignited speculation as to whether he'll be able, with President Barack Obama's more hands-on approach, to repeat his success in Northern Ireland and help mediate peace ...

From KHALED DIAB, Comment Is Free,  11 Oct 2009

Related Topics: George Mitchell,  Barack Obama

Face to faith: Khaled Diab on Ramadan

Summer Ramadans are the toughest. In northern climes, the yawning chasm that separates dawn from dusk makes the long, meandering days feel less like a pleasant stroll and more like an epic marathon. Further south, the days may be shorter and the hunger ...

From KHALED DIAB, Guardian Unlimited,  28 Aug 2009

The mythical European Umma

Muslims in Europe are secretly amassing an arsenal of the deadliest in biological weaponry: the demographic time bomb. The first phase of the Muslim invasion – or should I say reinvasion – of Europe has already begun with the deployment of an ...

From KHALED DIAB, Comment Is Free,  21 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Bernard Lewis,  Saddam Hussein,  BBC

Faith and desire in Albert Square

When writing about TV's desperate Muslim romantics for Cif last week, I never imagined the discussion thread would turn out as it did, with readers visualising a ground-breaking new detective series starring a "super-sharp, half cynical but still ...

From KHALED DIAB, Guardian Unlimited,  13 Aug 2009

Related Topics: BBC

TV's desperate Muslim romantics

There is much less coercion in marriage than there used to be. But I think is very socio-economically based. Village-mentality families will still find partners for their girls and will more or less push them into that marriage (usually emotionally). ...

From KHALED DIAB, Guardian Unlimited,  3 Aug 2009

Related Topics: National Health Service

Who's responsible for the Arab world?

First, the good news. Arab countries have the lowest levels of malnutrition and hunger in the developing world, have made "striking progress" in extending the lives of their citizens, abject poverty is comparatively low and, surprisingly (for me at ...

From KHALED DIAB, Comment Is Free,  29 Jul 2009

Related Topics: World Bank,  International Monetary Fund

Promises of immortality

Death is up there with sex on the euphemism scale. When someone breathes their last, they don't simply "die". They pass away, go to a better place, meet their maker, give up the ghost – and more colourfully, bite the dust, push up the daisies or, with ...

From KHALED DIAB, Guardian Unlimited,  2 Jul 2009

Related Topics: Aubrey de Grey,  BBC,  National Health Service

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