The entire modern history of Egypt is characterised by the to and fro between forces of political reform and forces of revolution that break free when reform fails, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

In Part II of this series, Jill Kamil traces the amity between Muslim and Christian under the Fatimids and Ayyubids

The opposite of a police state is freedom and democracy for all. It is the only way forward, but getting it right may take practice, writes Ahmed Naguib Roushdy

Those who murdered Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni lost the humanity he spent his life defending, writes Ramzy Baroud

The challenge to multi-culturalism in Europe, for some, is just Islamophobia by another name, writes El-Sayed Amin Shalabi

If the monarchies of the Arab world believe they are untouchable they are mistaken, writes Ayman El-Amir