Rami Rayess

Algeria-Morocco hostility puts regional development on hold with no end in sight

Aya Burweila

Tunisian democracy was destroyed by corruption long before President Saied’s actions

Ammar Ben Aziz

Tunisia President Saied’s actions are a coup against corruption

Sultan Althari

Coronavirus: Developing nations face choice between infection and starvation

Dr. Joanne Liu

Nationwide lack of essential medicines in South Sudan

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) wants to express its frustration that, in an already...

Dr. Theodore Karasik

Libya’s logical conclusion?

Last week’s Libya talks in Cairo may have cemented the beleaguered country’s future....

Abdulrahman al-Rashed

Tunisia’s noble success, where many have failed

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet in October. It was...

Raed Omari

Tunisia terror attack 'was inevitable'

In most conversations about the disastrous Arab Spring, Tunisia is always celebrated as the sole...

Mohammed Fahad al-Harthi

Egypt charters bright new course

Last week’s Egypt Economic Development Conference saw billions of dollars in aid and investment...

H.A. Hellyer

How much longer until Egypt’s parliamentary elections?

Egypt was due to have a parliamentary election soon, but once again it faces further delays

Abdulrahman al-Rashed

Tunisia: Have the Islamists learnt their lesson?

The Tunisian politically developed arena allows everyone to co-exist

Peter Millett

Tunisia: Top of the Arab Spring class?

Sunday’s vote was indeed the first freely contested presidential election in Tunisia’s history

Chris Doyle

Has the EU lost its patience with Israel?

European states are fed up after years of investing in a two-state solution

Abdallah Schleifer

Beheadings and suicide bombings: The new rage in Libya

This past week, car bombs exploded outside the UAE and Egyptian embassies in Tripoli

Jamal Khashoggi

Long live Tunisia!

Those among us who still believe in the Arab Spring celebrated on Sunday a blessed historical and...

H.A. Hellyer

Libya is grasping for a helping hand

Somalia and Syria combined. That’s what Libya could easily be heading towards

Oussama Romdhani

Libya sparks Tunisia’s summer of concern

The village of Metouia, in the Tunisian southeast, in an unlikely late summer destination

Abdel Latif el-Menawy

Arabs, Africa and the vacuum Egypt left behind

One of the major problems we confronted during recent decades is a misheld perspective towards...

Abdallah Schleifer

Egypt and Libya: It’s crunch time as jihadists threaten both countries

The inability of the transitional government to establish security has been particularly notable in...

Abdel Latif el-Menawy

Understanding ‘the other:’ My travels from Egypt to Ethiopia

Egypt and Ethiopia issued a joint statement a few weeks ago, confirming their mutual commitment to...

Maha Akeel

Denying Boko Haram its assumed Islamic identity

It seems that not a day passes by without news of attacks by the militant group Boko Haram in...

Dr. Theodore Karasik

General Haftar’s plans and Libya’s future

General Khalifa Hafter is making small and important strides against opposition voices and militias...

Ramzy Baroud

Haftar leads a coup: a general’s odd war on the Brotherhood

Libya’s rogue General Khalifa Haftar staged several bloody attacks against other Libyan militias in...

Abdulrahman al-Rashed

The assassination of journalist Abu Zaid in Libya

Journalist Muftah Abu Zaid, one of Libya’s bravest, was assassinated in the city of Benghazi

Abdallah Schleifer

Libya’s Haftar in a mighty push against militants

After months of chaos and terror, the armed Libyan forces are now pushing back

Abdallah Schleifer

Boko Haram and the shame that we share

The word “Islamist” it is not the invention of the nasty mass media or of Orientalists

Badria al-Bishr

Terrorists and their corrupted religious message

It’s enough to use the words “God’s sharia” and “Islam” to divide Muslims

Diana Moukalled

Boko Haram vs. the power of #BringBackOurGirls

The Nigerian authorities are weak, and carry much of the responsibility for the deterioration in the...