Molenbeek broke my heart
A former resident reflects on his struggles with Brussels’ most notorious neighborhood. Source: Molenbeek broke my heart
Anatol Lieven: Don’t Fear the Russians|NYT
Mr Lieven does such a good job at calming western fears about Russia’s aggressive stance on all fronts. A very emollient piece of propaganda, interpreting as voluntary restraint, every time…
Belgique. Molenbeek, un nid de djihadistes | Courrier international
Si ce quartier de Bruxelles est devenu un nid de terroristes, c’est surtout parce que les élites belges refusent de regarder la réalité en face, estime cet anthropologue néerlandais. Source:…
Can refugees revive Europe’s ageing population? | World Economic Forum
If you only look at the economic aspect, large scale immigration makes sense, sort of. As long as you don’t mind the consequences, which will be far reaching, because of…
Foreign Affairs: The United States’ Choice in the Middle East | Foreign Affairs
Although it is fashionable to blame the region’s travails on ancient hatreds or the poor cartography of Mr. Sykes and Monsieur Picot, the real problems began with the modern Arab…
NYT: The Sexual Misery of the Arab World
I’ve always said that aggression in the Arab world is caused by permanent sexual frustration – on both (all) sides. Get laid instead of getting blown up could be the…
Islamism and the Left | Dissent Magazine
I frequently come across leftists who are more concerned with avoiding accusations of Islamophobia than they are with condemning Islamist zealotry. This is an odd position with relation to the…
There are good reasons why Europe’s Jews are so worried
There is a glaring omission in this story: left and extreme left wing parties and groups don’t get a mention, while they are unstinting in their support of everything Islamist…
“Western Civilization is not Really a Civilization”: ‘Westophobia’ in Arab Culture | Augean Stables
Confronted by the daily avalanche of naïve nonsense or outright mendacity about the Middle East in the Western media, academia, and sometimes governments, I am haunted by something a Syrian…