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Iran's self-image as a revolutionary state will not allow it to retreat from its nuclear programme
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President Morsi cannot claim to represent even a majority of Egyptians, while measures claimed to be rooted in "revolutionary legitimacy" require overwhelming support from the people
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If Egypt's new Islamist rulers advocate independence and unity while preserving the old structures of privilege they are doomed to fail like their predecessors
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Recent blasphemy cases show that Copts are not treated equally before the law
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Amid illiteracy and poverty, even with revolution, Egypt will never change from the bottom up. Top-down change is what the country needs
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UN head urges international cooperation to meet global challenges of poverty, violence and climate change
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By initiating the statehood bid, the Palestinian leadership was able to extend its shelf life by another year. It does not have another life preserver available to it today
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The UN Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations and former President of Portugal calls upon the overwhelming majority of the world's people to take back the conversation from extremists
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Standing up to Israeli brutality in Gaza is only possible if Egypt liberates its willpower from the "moderate axis," which also means defending the role of state development against Western financial institutions
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On the "civil" community's recent clashes with Islamists
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The following op-ed was written for Al-Ahram Weekly early in the week, before the protests against the US embassy had erupted. Unable to pull it from the print edition of the Weekly in time, it's published here as a link
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Egypt's leading Islamist groups – including the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists – have a responsibility to rein in irresponsible and potentially dangerous preachers
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