Responding to readership requests, Jill Kamil summarises the religious dynamics between Muslims and Copts during the Ottoman era

Israel enforces its will on any nation denying thereby the rights of free people everywhere, writes William A. Cook

No state that glorifies and trades in violence can expect members of its society to do anything otherwise, writes Curtis Doebbler

The Palestinians should take their case for statehood to the UN this September and not be cowed by US rejectionism, writes Jeremy R. Hammond

Religion is a source of happiness and comfort, while equal rights in citizenship is essential to a healthy political order, writes Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh

Momentous changes are taking place at the regional level, and the domestic situation in Egypt should not overrun Egypt's capacity to engage with them, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

As the will of the imperial US to sustain decade-long wars wanes, the puppets it promoted scramble to appear independent, fearful for their positions and lives, writes James Petras

It may be difficult for Egypt's military to return to the role it played before the 1952 Revolution, but it is its duty to do so, writes Ahmad Naguib Roushdy