Welcome to Daring Opinion
The website of Elie Elhadj
About
Books
Letter to My Grandchildren: Sebastian, Oliver, and Chloe
Oil and God
The Islamic Shield
Experiments in Achieving Water and Food Self-Sufficiency in the Middle East
Finance
How the Alrajhi Bank, the World’s Largest Investor-Owned Islamic Bank, Was Born
How Arab National Bank Pioneered the Development of a Personal-Computer-Based Client/Server Core Banking System
To Save Commercial Banking from Gamblers, Re-enact Glass-Steagall Act
Governance
Syria
A Strategy to Save Syria’s Water Endowment from Further Deterioration for Future Generations
Syria’s 2011 Anti-Asad Revolution Was Not Triggered by Drought and Migration
In the Middle East, Religious Minorities Must Not Rule Over the Religious Majority: The Case of Syria
Why the Arab Spring Swiftly Replaced the Presidents of Tunisia and Egypt, But Destroyed Syria
The Misadventure of G.W. Bush in Iraq and the Empowerment of Iran
Arab Dictators’ Exploitation of Islam
The Mirage of Western Democracy in Arab Societies
Contrasting Arab Dictatorships with Turkey’s Democracy and the Obstacles to Democratizing Arab Governance
History
For a Durable Solution in the Holy Land, De-politicize the Bible and the Qur’an
The 1916 Revolt of Sharif Hussein bin Ali Against the Ottoman Empire
Islamic Culture
Pre-Islamic Arabian Culture
Islamic Beliefs, Laws, and Sects and Why Shi’ism May be Described as Arab Islam Persianized
Issues Surrounding the Collection of the Hadith
Arab Peoples’ Devotion to Islam
Is Muslims’ Treatment of Women Islamic?
Oil Politics
The Vanishing Curse of Crude Oil
Water Politics
In Memory of Professor Tony Allan
Ozymandias, or Folly in the Desert
Works By:
Omer Bartov: I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
Omer Bartov: Contested Slogan & Why Two-State Solution Is Not Viable: “From the River to the Sea”
Avraham Burg: The End of Zionism
Andrew Higgins: How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas
Paul S. Boyer: When U.S. Foreign Policy Meets Biblical Prophecy
Oil Politics
The Vanishing Curse of Crude Oil
