With the sound and fury over, now is the time to internalise the lessons and push forward towards reform, writes Ibrahim Nafie

While great traditions of struggle informed the founding doctrines of human rights, political considerations continue to trump all others, writes Hassan Nafaa

America's image problem relates to what it has done, not how it has mediated the history it authors, writes Ramzy Baroud

The Muslim Brotherhood has always resisted pegging Egypt's Copts as a minority, insisting on full inclusion and equal rights for all, writes Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh

The furious switching of Israeli politicians between parties is a sign of the degeneration not only of Israeli politics, but Israeli society as a whole, writes Azmi Bishara

Mohamed Sid-Ahmed analyses the results of Egypt's parliamentary elections

The machinations of Washington's neo-conservatives have cost America dear yet the instigators of the disastrous war against Iraq have yet to admit to a single mistake, writes Mohamed Hakki