When does an uprising become a revolution, asks Salah Eissa

A new spirit was born in Egypt as a result of the 25 January revolution, one that should be respected and allowed to grow, writes Wahid Abdel-Meguid

People the world over have been forced to rethink their ideas of the Arabs as a result of the Egyptian uprising, writes Ramzy Baroud

Egyptians today have a golden opportunity to build on the achievements of the January revolution, but there are still snares on the path to full democracy, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

Pitting the population against the forces of the regime, the Egyptian popular revolution is the most important political movement in the country since the 1952 coup d'état, writes Ayman El-Amir

The reaction of US politicians to the momentous events in Egypt has once again revealed their basic ignorance of the Arab world, writes James Zogby