Curtis Doebbler gives a legal overview of the grounds and consequences of recognising the state of Palestine

Strife between Algeria and Egypt over football is but a surface manifestation of deeper tensions that could tear the Arab nation apart, writes Hassan Nafaa

The clash of Egypt and Algeria in the World Cup qualifiers appears to prove that football is indeed war minus the shooting, regardless of the sides or ties involved, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

On the Syrian track, there's little place for Obama in negotiations between Damascus and Tel Aviv, writes James Gundun

NATO wants to learn from Israel, but all it will learn is how to kill and perpetuate war, writes Gilad Atzmon

For all our sweeping ideas about Western greatness, so many familiar parts of our days find their origin in Oriental innovation, writes M Shahid Alam