Kim Ghattas
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Past articles by Kim:
The Arab World’s Star Student
What Tunisia can teach its neighbors about the value of education. → Read More
How the Muslim World Lost the Freedom to Choose
A brave new book describes how Pakistan unraveled — and provides a blueprint for understanding declining pluralism across the Middle East. → Read More
Lebanon’s Shining Island of Example Is Shrinking
A tolerant and diverse cosmopolitan center, Beirut is a reminder of what the Arab world could be again. → Read More
The Real Threat to America Comes From Americans
Just as the Arab world struggles to come to grips with jihadism, the United States has failed to grapple with its own demons. → Read More
Making Peace With Assad’s State of Barbarism
Making Peace With Assad’s State of Barbarism « | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas → Read More
The Saudi-Iran War Comes to Washington
In the battle for Middle East supremacy, Tehran and Riyadh are pulling out all the stops. → Read More
The Arab Prince Standing Up to Trump
The Arab Prince Standing Up to Trump « | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas → Read More
The Arab World’s American Savior Complex
The Middle East may be cheering Trump’s Syria strike today, but they’ll be cursing his name the next. → Read More
If Trump Wants To End Legal Abortion, He’s Going to Have to Go Through Holland First
Lilianne Ploumen’s bold, brave act could be the start of a concerted backlash against Washington. → Read More
Trump's Syria conundrum
Kim Ghattas explains the inherent tensions in Donald Trump's emerging policy on Syria → Read More
Trump v Clinton on foreign policy
They're not officially the nominees yet until the conventions in July but Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton look set for an historic clash on foreign policy and their divergent world views. → Read More
Art Is a Window to the Arab World’s Soul
The Egyptian soldiers looked incongruous, armed yet peaceful. The layering of an amateur shot of a Cairo street in upheaval over a traditional Japanese screen… → Read More
Clinton v Sanders: Who came out on top?
In the last Democratic presidential debate before the Iowa caucus, the BBC's Kim Ghattas looks at who came out on top between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. → Read More
The Saudi-Iran War Is America’s Fault
And now it’s Washington’s job to make sure it doesn’t spin out of control. → Read More
The World According to Hillary’s Emails
Clinton's emails reveal her scheduling mishaps, her love of New York apples -- and how she has changed as a politician. → Read More
Obama's struggle to realise anti-war rhetoric
President Obama was determined to scale down US involvement in foreign conflicts - but has found it impossible to achieve his goal, says Kim Ghattas. → Read More
China remains biggest challenge for US
Other topics might dominate the headlines - but relations with China remain a huge long-term challenge for the US, says Kim Ghattas. → Read More
China remains biggest challenge for US
Other topics might dominate the headlines - but relations with China remain a huge long-term challenge for the US, says Kim Ghattas. → Read More
The Democrats’ Problem with ‘Radical Islam’
It’s time to call a spade a spade, and move on to real solutions of dealing with the Islamic State menace. → Read More
The Blood Feud That Drives the Middle East
Saudi Arabia and Iran's struggle for power is tearing apart the Arab world, even as diplomats frantically try to negotiate a truce. → Read More