Egypt’s long Good Friday
The Pope is taking a risk by visiting Egypt, but he is going to the right place at the right time
There’s a good reason Christians rarely take up arms in the Middle East
Christian militias are merely defending villages from an enemy that will show no mercy. But in doing so they must make dangerous choices
Mother Teresa’s martyrs
The four nuns served the vulnerable without regard to politics. But they were caught in the middle of Yemen’s disastrous civil war
The road back to peace
The Middle East is more polarised along religious lines than ever before. Yet recent history shows the region can return to the enlightened tolerance it once enjoyed
The tragedy of the Yazidis of Iraq
The Middle East is increasingly a place to conceal one’s religion
