In the wake of the Arizona shootings, Congresswoman Giffords will remain a symbol reminding those in politics to reign in their rhetoric, writes James Zogby

We mustn't be afraid to triumph, writes Mazin Qumsiyeh . Repression can end, if you want it to

Following last week's collapse of the Al-Hariri government, Hizbullah may now assume responsibility for governing Lebanon, writes Franklin Lamb in Beirut

Unlike Tunisia, Egypt has institutions capable of mobilising the people in the direction of change without being swept away by it, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

The self-assurances some Arab regimes are relying on now -- that no popular uprising against their own rule is possible -- are exactly those Bin Ali repeated until his demise, writes Ayman El-Amir

The popular uprising that swept Bin Ali from power may have been just, but the question is now, can it be democratic, asks Salah Eissa

While lamenting the killing of a provincial governor, the Western media fails to speak of the abyss into which Pakistan's pseudo-colonial elites have dragged the country, writes M Shahid Alam

Fifty years after the assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba at the hands of Belgian mercenaries, what lessons can be drawn from his historic example, asks Carlos Martinez