Muslim Brotherhood: the new Islamist bogeyman in Canada
Why a recent report that says the group poses a greater threat to North America than al Qaeda is wrong
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Adnan R. Khan
Adnan R. Khan has been on the ground for Maclean’s in some of the world’s most unfriendly places, from Pakistan to Iraq, writing about conflict, politics, society, and the occasional vacationing tips in Afghanistan. He claims to be based in a small cabin somewhere on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast though no one can definitively prove it.
Pakistan’s most widely viewed TV station is teetering on the brink
How an assassination attempt and some fast and loose reporting is rocking Pakistan’s fledgling media scene
The dangerous world of Pakistan’s gem trade
Inside the world’s oldest gem market in Pakistan, home to terrorist financiers and drug smugglers
Europe’s far-right coalition in the works
Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders has been busy forging an angry alliance of far-right nationalist parties
Counting on trouble in Afghanistan
Voting was a hit, but ethnic rivalries and the Taliban could yet derail the election before the results are in
Why Afghanistan’s election could fail
Hope for a new era of politics is being crushed by Taliban attacks and warlords jockeying for power
Turkey is losing where it counts
No matter how juicy the latest government scandal, young, liberal Turks can’t seem to mobilize politically
Kabul suicide attack underscores impossible task of nation building
Adnan Khan on all that was lost at the La Taverna du Liban in Afghanistan
Turkey’s inevitable crash
Often held up as a model for the middle east, the real Turkey is mired in corruption
Why Hamid Karzai can’t be beaten
The staying power of Afghanistan’s unlikely leader