The war in Lebanon of July-August 2006 raised and continues to raise many questions. The attempt to answer them raises two almost irreconcilable forms of logic, each with its own
Fifty years ago this month, October 1956, saw the outbreak of what in English is known as the Suez crisis, and which in Egypt and throughout the Arab world is
Europe's left-wingers are supporting us Lebanese against Israel and its war crimes. Thanks, that's great: the Lebanese need all the backing they can get in facing
It is a pity that in the middle east we can never think about the slightest event going on around us without dredging up the past. Current affairs, which have
Muslim and Arab anger over the Danish cartoons is directed at the wrong target, says Hazem Saghieh.
It is understandable that Muslims should feel angry and offended because of the
A tumultuous year in Lebanon is ending as it has begun, with an assassination to shock and frighten the nation. The killing of the prominent journalist and politician Gebran Tueni
The ultra-left ideology of Maoism that inspired Chinas cultural revolution of the 1960s was known for its analytical focus on the principal contradiction. Only when this contradiction had been
European countries are all worrying about their Muslim populations, but there is one reality they have failed to grasp: that they have played a part in creating the problem, in
The solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute will not come overnight, but a crucial pre-condition is an understanding in Israel of the need to have a stable partner not an enemy
The fourth round of Lebanons parliamentary election on 19 June has produced both clarity and worry for Lebanons voters and citizens. A decisive overall majority in the 128-seat
The current vigorous growth of the television industry in the Arab world has its origin in three factors. Their mixture of technological and political elements symbolises, as if in a
There is a popular Arab saying: The rope of lies is very short. It means that the consequences of lies do not take long to catch up with their perpetrators,
