Egypt's erstwhile regional influence was based on its culture: soft power that in the 21st century may be as important as military strength, writes El-Sayed Amin El-Shalabi

As Egypt continues on the path towards democracy, five main challenges remain, writes Mohamed Mustafa Orfy

The centralised state of the past may be gone, but that doesn't mean that chaos should take over, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

Egypt's main liberal forces have proven themselves utterly incompetent and unfit to lead. Thankfully a new, if small, current of young liberals with real principles is emerging, writes Khalil El-Anani

While Western corporations are lining up leach Burma's natural resources, the "promise" of democracy now at hand, no one is talking about the genocidal violence the country's Muslim Rohingyas are facing, writes Ramzy Baroud

The sensationalist Islamophobe Michelle Bachmann must be faced down for what she is: an opportunist trading in simple bigotry, writes James Zogby