Islamists and Arab constitutions: Put faith in writing
Islamists tackle constitutional matters differently in Egypt, Tunisia and Syria(5)
Foreign policy: An interview with Hillary Clinton
Lexington sits down with the secretary of state(79)
Egypt’s Copts: Autumn of another patriarch
The death of Pope Shenouda highlights quandaries faced by Coptic Christians(16)
Food and the Arab spring: Let them eat baklava
Today’s policies are recipes for instability in the Middle East(12)
Whispered dissent in UAE: No sheikh-up here
Tiny shoots from the Arab Spring get crushed(5)
Egypt’s presidential race: Wanted: maybe a president?
Egypt wobbles to the finish line of its transition to democracy(10)
The biblical seven lean and seven fat years are occurring simultaneously(22)
Daily chart: Where not to be a toddler
How child-mortality rates have changed since 1970(94)
Demography: The vanishing workforce
Not since the Black Death has there been such a shift(58)
Economic reform: Not yet blooming
Political reform has yet to generate economic progress around the Arab world(8)
Egypt’s revolution: The next draft
What happened when the crowds forced Hosni Mubarak from power(7)
Free exchange: Arab spring cleaning
Why trade reform matters in the Middle East(10)
Maha Azzam on the Muslim Brotherhood: A thought-out transition
The associate fellow of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House on why the former opposition party in Tunisia and Egypt will not undermine democratisation(3)
Poverty and food: The nutrition puzzle
Why do so many people in poor countries eat so badly—and what can be done about it?(44)
The Muslim Brotherhood: Dialogue is the best defence
Despite its suspicions, the West should engage the moderate Islamist parties that win elections(99)
The moderate Islamists of the Muslim Brotherhood have won much ground but look far from comfortable in power(80)
Egypt’s turmoil: It goes on and on
The newly elected Islamists struggle to keep up with events(6)
The Economist: Digital highlights, February 11th 2012
Items from the digital highlights page(0)
Wael Ghonim on Egypt's uprising: Revolution 2.0
WAEL GHONIM, a Google marketing executive, was imprisoned after helping co-ordinate the initial stages of the uprising in Egypt. We caught up with him in London to discuss the power of the internet and the progress made since Hosni Mubarak's fall(2)
Protests in Cairo: The beautiful game turns ugly
Protests continue after the violence at a football match in Egypt(43)
Media bias: American coverage of Israel
Why Israel gets "disproportionate" criticism(31)
Arab spring economies: Unfinished business
Revolutions have hurt the wallets of bosses and workers alike(4)
Islam and homosexuality: Straight but narrow
A debate about homosexuality in Islam is beginning. But in Muslim lands persecution—and hypocrisy—are still rife(329)
Writing about Egypt’s revolution: A revolution is a process
AHDAF Soueif, author of “Cairo: My City, Our Revolution”, on the honesty and artistry required to write about her country’s revolution(3)
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