The Sharm El-Sheikh summit on Tuesday gave the region a new spirit of optimism, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Rushdi Said shares his vision of an Egypt in which the desert is the new frontier and the Nile Valley is reclaimed as the nation's burgeoning garden

Has the Sharm El-Sheikh summit introduced fundamental changes to the Middle East equation or are the protagonists still unable to throw off the shackles of the past, asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

Instinct and moral constructs: Azmi Bishara examines definitions of terror

Salah Montasser contrasts suicide bombings in Palestine and Iraq

Things are not what they seem at Sharm El-Sheikh, but Palestinians and Arabs can still transform appearance into reality, writes Hassan Nafaa