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Issue
XLV
January
2009 – Issue XLV speculates about the possibility of indicting George W Bush
for war crimes, examines how war can sometimes be its own reward for Israel, visits
the Egyptian side of Rafah, looks at the
implications of the shoe-throwing incident in Iraq, introduces the concept of
equanomics, outlines a dream for the Middle East,
remembers the forgotten soldiers of World War I. Diabolic Digest also
assesses what our natural tendency for conflict means for society, finds out
how marriage has young Egyptians all tied up knots, pays a visit to the love
laboratory, explores how fairness products are pale imitations, wonders about
the patriarchy of surnames and how the Dutch parliament is setting itself up
as a guardian of the unborn. Read on Issue
XLIV
November 2008
– Issue XLIV uncovers the difference between Barack
Obama and an Arab, takes Hitler off the menu,
visits Kashmir’s forsaken paradise, investigates a murder at rush hour,
provides a guide to Ramadan for drinkers, examines how the ‘God veto’ affects
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and asks whether ‘virtual water’ is the
answer to drier times. Read on Issue
XLIII
September
2008 – Issue XLIII revisits the US elections to see what Joe Biden means for the Middle East, muses over the wackier
side of Egyptian history, proposes a civil rights struggle to break the
deadlock in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, explores ways in which Israel
and Syria can resolve their differences, urges Israel to disarm the bomb in
its basement, assesses the human cost of cluster bombs, appraises the ICC
indictment of Sudan’s leadership, and delves into the sexual harassment buzz
in Egypt. Read on Issue
XLII
August
2008 – Issue XLII takes an unprezidented look at
the Obama campaign, traces how the stand off
between hawks and doves makes the Israeli-Palestinian peace process a lame
duck, seeks to defuse the Middle East’s weapons of mass distrust, looks for
an uncontroversial host for the Olympics, gazes through the climate change
hot air, imagines what would happen if kids took over the peace process, digs
up some Muslim headlines missed by the mainstream media, and finds out what
20,000 Muhammads have in common. Read on Issue
XLI
July 2008
– Issue XLI reflects on Barack Obama’s
eastern promise, deconstructs the ‘clash of civilisations’ theory, rings the
alarm on Egypt’s popuflation problem, retraces Sana Hasan’s intrepid sojourn
in Israel, asks why Muslims don’t pig out, contemplates God-free zones, and
finds out that the road to innovation in the Arab world is paved with good
inventions. Read on Issue
XL
June 2008
– Issue XL goes back in time to rummage through the dustbin of history in Issue
XXIX
May 2008
– Issue XXXIX fast forwards to 2048 to see if peace is possible by Issue
XXXVIII
April
2008 – Issue XXXVIII proposes a radical overhaul of the Olympic Games to make
it less political, reads the signs of the times in Issue
XXXVII
March
2008 – Issue XXXVII looks at the critical mess Iran’s nuclear ambitions have
caused the country; reminds the self-righteous faithful that health hath more
fury than they could ever muster; argues that we need diversity, not
adversity, when it comes to integration; asks why Egypt is clamping down on
the HIV-positive; invites readers to ad liberate themselves; and decodes the
DNA of our true political colours. Read on Issue
XXXVI
February
2008 – Issue XXXVI argues that Issue
XXXV
January
2008 – In issue XXXV, Khaled Diab
outs Comment is Free’s angels and demons, embarks
on strange journeys home to Egypt, engages in the country’s virginity
dialogues, looks back at Belgian politics in 2007 and plots its uncertain
future, reflects on death in fast motion, and offers everyone season’s
salaams. Read on Issue
XXXIV
December
2007 – Issue XXXIV delves into the Annapolis conference, meets brave cluster
bomb survivors campaigning to ban this deadly weapon, examines what effects
cancer has on young people, and takes a laugh at Muslim humour. Read on Issue
XXXIII
November
2007 – Issue XXXIII questions the client state model in the Middle East,
outlines the perils of the moral high ground in global politics, dissects intransigence
in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, casts light on the case of a jailed
Egyptian blogger, proposes to empower the average
Mo and hears the voices in the wilderness of a group of eco-worriers. On a
lighter note, it visits an American harem and takes a trip to the continent
where the Sun never shines. Read on Issue
XXXII
October
2007 – Issue XXXII examines Ahmadinejad’s image problem,
Middle Eastern cult heroes, pursues Egypt’s perfect spy, takes up the case of
four jailed Egyptian newspaper editors, apprehends the villains of the pax, meets Beirut’s caramel women and leaves the car at
home for car-free day. Read on Issue
XXXI
September
2007 – Issue XXXI delves into the art of peace in the Middle East, finds out
why multicultural love is blind, goes to the frontline of the war of words in
Issue
XXX
August
2007 – Issue XXX takes a look at the threat of a ‘Christian jihad’, dedicates
a song to the deaf to those who claim Muslims are silent in their criticism
of terrorism, advocates a cap on earnings to limit the excesses of the global
marketplace and explores the issue of apostasy in Islam. Read on Issue
XXIX
July 2007
– In issue XXIX, Khaled Diab
goes head to head with Uri Avnery over whether the
best solution for the Israeli Palestinian conflict is a the two-state solution
currently on the table or a single state. It also explores the history of ‘jihadi’ violence in the Issue
XXVIII
June 2007
– Issue XXVIII launches a War on Error; explores why cluster munitions are
small bombs which cause big trouble; and argues that the real challenge
facing minorities in Issue
XXVII
May 2007
– Issue XXVII ventures ‘Behind the Zion curtain’ to see the situation on the
ground in Issue
XXVI
April
2007 – Issue XXVI introduces Khaled Diab’s ‘Without a road map’ tour, explains why the Arab
League should enter uncharted territory with Israel, urges that we fight fire
with water in Darfur, introduces train commuting
for dummies and describes how rotten Apple killed an iPod.
Read on Issue
XXV
March
2007 – Issue XXV reflects on the status of women in Issue
XXIV
February
2007 – Issue XXIV examines how Arabs and Israelis are being held hostage by a
common enemy, proposes a ‘ Issue
XXIII
January 2007
– Issue XXIII analyses the significance of Saddam Hussein’s execution. X Pat
is invited to a Star Trek convention but winds up in a maternity ward where
he midhusbands an infant half Vulcan. Meanwhile, Haflatoun and Victoria Vectra
jump on a space plane to Issue
XXII
December
2006 – Issue XXII takes a peak under the veil of sexuality in the Arab world,
addresses an appeal to Israeli premier Ehud Olmert and go on a Sicilian getaway. Read on Issue XXI November
2006 – Issue XXI proposes a ‘Madrid II’ conference to herald a new ‘people’s
peace process’. Khaled Diab
learns to start worry and hate the bomb; he also goes tripping down memory
lane. Fatal Footprint, a groundbreaking new report on the human impact
of cluster munitions, is profiled. Read on Issue XX October
2006 – Issue XX provides the latest news on Salom
Now!, visits Lebanon in the aftermath of the recent war in a photo essay by Katleen Maes, explores Khaled Diab’s virgin vote at
the ballot box, savours Iranian feminist cinema… and also has a bit of footie. Read on Issue IXX September
2006 – Issue IXX follows the evolution of Salom
Now! It also explores how the EU should use a carrot and a stick as it exercises
its soft power to help achieve peace in the Issue XVIII August
2006 – Issue XVIII presents the idea of Salom Now!, an Arab-Israeli civil alliance for peace. Badra Djait explains what it is
like growing up straddling two different cultures. X Pat, the xpat xtraordinaire and xample world citizen, goes on absurd exploration of the
Belgian sociosphere. And more. Read on Issue XVII July 2006
– Issue XVII proposes a course of action to break the impasse in Issue XVI May 2006 –
Issue XVI explores the controversy surrounding Ayaan
Hirsi Ali and recounts the a
racially inspired spree killing in Issue XV May 2006 –
Issue XV explores the issue of homosexuality in the Issue XIV May 2006
– Issue XIV examines the
tragic murder Joe Van Holsbeeck in Issue XIII April
2006 – Issue XIII gets to the grassroots of the Middle East conflict and
escapes the winter blues in Issue XII February
2006 – Issue XII presents a number of views on the Danish cartoon
controversy, and analyses the Hamas win in the
Palestinian elections and how the EU should handle it. Read on Issue XI January
2006 – In issue 11, Jeff
Sommers, Khaled Diab and Charles Woolfson
explore the dynamics between playwright and president as American foreign
policy stands in the dock. Read on Issue X December
2005 – Issue 10 reiterates the fact that, despite Issue IX October
2005 – A new series of the (odd)ventures of Haflatoun, the philosopher prince. Read on Issue VIII September
2005 – In this issue, Khaled Diab
discusses Salman Rushdie’s
proposed Islamic Reformation and Katleen Maes talks about working towards a world free of the fear
of landmines. Read
on Issue VII September
2005 – In this special Egyptian pre-election
edition of Diabolic Digest, we present a number of diverse views and
opinions on the elections and the state of Egyptian democracy. A young
Egyptian student decides to put Egyptian democracy to the test. Carlos Tiny
explores Mubarak’s vision for democracy. Khaled Diab asks what if the
unexpected occurs at the ballot box. KM looks ahead to a surprise twist in
Egyptian politics in 2008. And the delusional Haflatoun
decides to head the Popular Apathy Party’s presidential campaign. Read on Issue VI July
2005 – Issue six explores Issue V April 2005
– This issue investigates whether Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak will hold proper multi-candidate elections
this September, Special issue April
2005 – This special edition launches Diabolic Digest’s fiction section with a
story entitled Losing Face Read on Issue IV January
2005 – Diabolic Digest casts out a line to the future with a passionate
appeal to the Egyptian president to allow his fellow citizens to lose their
political virginity. It also explores language politics in multilingual Issue III December
2004 – Diabolic Digest takes a penetrating look far into the horizon. We
consider a radical rethink of the Palestinian struggle in the wake of Yasser Arafat’s death. A poem about landmines looks into
how these devastating devices rob children not only of their limbs but also
of their innocence. We also get the third and final instalment of Andrew
Scott’s Hajj adventures, and Khaled Diab meets a celebrity saint. Read on Issue II October/November
2004 – Diabolic Digest plays bull whisperer and takes the issues that matter
by the horns. We find out why David Blunkett is
turning a blind eye to his party’s principles, how the Issue I August 2004
– Read about why the latest Egyptian diplomatic initiative to revive the
peace process is unlikely to work, Khaled Diab explains why he wants to live in an EU superstate. Join Andy Scott on his pilgrimage to |
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