Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab is a freelance journalist of Egyptian original based in Belgium. He contributes regularly to the British daily The Guardian in which he has published articles on Europe, the Middle East, Islam, securarism and human rights. He also has a blog,The Chronikler.
Updated: 19 August 2009
The EU rose out of the ashes of war. Perhaps, with a little patience and pragmatism, a Middle Eastern Union is not such a distant fantasy. And Turkey, as East-West linchpin, is well-placed to be that unifying force.