On the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
I wrote this essay on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the United States for The Guardian. The crown prince of …
Jared Kushner is wreaking havoc in the Middle East
I wrote this for The Guardian: The entire Middle East, from Palestine to Yemen, appears set to burst into flames after this …
Trump in Saudi Arabia
I wrote this piece for The Guardian regarding Donald Trump’s first trip out of the USA as president. Donald Trump is a man …
Trump’s senseless Syria strikes accomplish nothing
I wrote this for The Guardian: Donald Trump, the man who just over a month ago wanted to bar entry of all …
What is it with Trump and handshakes? This is getting awkward.
I wrote this essay for The Guardian. It sounds ridiculous, but it really is beginning to look like you can read Donald …
Donald Trump’s handshake: never has such a strong grip looked so weak
I wrote this for The Guardian on Donald Trump, his handshake, and the production of fear. Why can’t Donald Trump just shake …
The US just bombed Yemen, and no one’s talking about it
The election is blinding us to other realities. This is one of them. I wrote about it for The Guardian. What if …
How we learned all the wrong lessons from 9/11
This is another piece for the The Guardian. I hope you find it worthwhile: I was in New York City 15 years …
Why Do They Hate Us?
The venerable magazine The Nation is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. (Happy Anniversary!) They asked me to contribute to an extraordinary …
U.S. Backs Repression in Egypt
The sentencing on June 23 of three Al Jazeera journalists, each to at least seven years in prison, by an Egyptian …