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Chris Doyle
Chris Doyle is director of the London-based Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU). He has worked with the council since 1993 after graduating with a first class honors degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Exeter University. He has organized and accompanied numerous British parliamentary delegations to Arab countries.
Twitter: @Doylech
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Trump controversy setting up race as key 2020 issue
Racial discrimination has been hardwired into the US from its very foundation. The earliest founding fathers, the Puritans in New England, believed that they were superior to everyone else, including Native Americans.
Syria’s humanitarian catastrophe is far from over
Had Dante witnessed the suffering of the people in Eastern Ghouta, he might have rewritten his “Inferno.” Pancaked, besieged, and reduced to rubble — his immortal line is perhaps apt: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”
Time to shine a light on the dark side of the web
Many people, even some governments, think the Cambridge Analytica scandal does not really affect them. They may not have a Facebook account, or, if they do, barely use it. Some do not care that their data has been shared without their consent.
Britain’s growing struggle against hatred
Muslims in Britain, or anyone who might appear to be Muslim, will be marking April 3 in their diaries with trepidation. Various lowlifes have added a new date to the calendar: “Punish a Muslim Day.”
Salisbury poison attack embarrassing for Britain
In early 2018, the British public was transfixed by a new TV series, “McMafia,” which shone a light on the murky world of the Russian mafia, the sex trade, assassinations and drugs, as well as the gilded lifestyle of Russian oligarchs living in the UK.
A royal visit that will make little difference
British royal visits have, over the years, conjured more than their fair share of controversial moments.
The abject ineffectiveness of the Eastern Ghouta ceasefire
One could almost hear the back-slapping and sense of relief from the hallowed halls of the United Nations Security Council on Saturday, when a text on Syria was finally unanimously agreed.
Isolationism has boomed since anti-Iraq War marches
The world seems a vastly different place compared to the days of the global anti-Iraq War marches of 15 years ago. Three million people in Rome alone reportedly marched against war.
The Great Game continues in Syria
A routine refrain among casual observers in recent months has been a sense of relief that the conflict in Syria is coming to an end.
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