Every Muslim in the world wishes to see the differences between Muslim countries get resolved, their relations restored, and the wounds in the Muslim body politic healed in order...

In recent days, there has been an increase in Turkish statements on the possibility of restoring relations between Turkey and Egypt. The pinnacle of these statements was the one...

Recent statements by US officials suggest that Washington will continue to pursue a hard-line policy on Venezuela. The Biden administration, however, needs to rethink its approach urgently. US State...

The audience of Good Morning Britain, hosted by well-known British journalist Piers Morgan on ITV, was shocked this week after Morgan announced his resignation from UK's most celebrated TV...

I first met sociology professor David Miller a decade ago. His depth of knowledge and thoughtful research impressed me right away. At the time, I was reporting on the...

A new debate erupted when Egypt supposedly respected the borders of the economic zone in the Mediterranean announced by Turkey, while setting the border of plot No. 18 in...

As I was reading an article headlined "Israel says 600 children given Covid jab had no serious side effects", my twitter feed was filled with messages expressing outrage about...

Hamas surprised us all by announcing the results of its leadership election in the Gaza Strip, which was won by the current leader in the territory, Yahya Sinwar. He...

As the Syrian uprising approaches yet another anniversary, enough blood has been spilled to fill the country's barren rivers. More than ten years on, almost a million people have...

After almost two decades of conflict, instability and bad government, a wave of excitement swept through Iraq last week with the long-awaited spectacle of hope and revival that was...

On 23 October, Libya's 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) agreed to a country-wide ceasefire which has been holding ever since, with the exception of little wars and episodes of...

New "peace-making" winds are blowing on Arab-Turkish relations and helping to ease the tension in the search for common ground. Flattering messages are being exchanged between Ankara, Cairo, and...

The historic visit by the head of the Catholic Church to Iraq was intended to promote interfaith dialogue and help in uplifting the country as it deals with an...

On the sidelines of the 155th session of the Arab League meeting last week, Egypt chaired a meeting of the Arab Ministerial Committee. The league's Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul Gheit,...

Though relations between the "brotherly countries" have never been without hiccups, Morocco and Algeria's chilly ties have given way to open hostility over the past few months. The main...

Supporters of the Palestinian elections are repeatedly using the phrase "renewed legitimacy" and claiming it is essential, but the truth is that this is nothing more than additional confusion...

Due to right-wing domination, Israelis find themselves approaching the General Election this month with little real electoral choice. The various right-wing parties reflect the fragmentation on the right and...

The Algerian government is studying a draft bill which will allow citizenship to be stripped from anyone living abroad who the authorities in Algiers believe is acting against the...

In recent weeks, Israel has circulated reports that tens of thousands of Palestinians residing in occupied Jerusalem may obtain Israeli citizenship, even though there are 330,000 of them in...

Many Palestinian intellectuals and political analysts find themselves in the unenviable position of having to declare whether they support or reject the upcoming Palestinian elections which are scheduled for...

Pope Francis visited Iraq last week in what is said to have been the first trip of its kind. It came at a time of exceptionally difficult circumstances which...

Arab Foreign Ministers have reappointed 78-year-old Egyptian diplomat Ahmed Aboul Gheit as the Secretary-General of the Cairo-based organisation during its 156th meeting. Aboul Gheit was first elected to the...

Two million people live on the sliver of land along the Mediterranean coast of Palestine that we know as the Gaza Strip. They have endured 14 years of Israeli-led...

An Israeli soldier who launched a $6 million defamation action in America against a Palestinian Christian has seen her legal efforts backfire spectacularly. Although her lawyer urged the US...

The 2006 Palestinian legislative elections witnessed the phenomenon of spiteful voting, where those angry with Fatah and its ruling, and those who were disgruntled with the corruption of the...

Britain must act now to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in the war in Yemen, amid new evidence published by the US CIA report on Jamal...

As a working journalist who reports frequently on the machinations of the pro-Israel lobby, one of the most common claims I come across is that it doesn't actually exist....

On 12 February, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked by a reporter whether the new Joe Biden administration intends to shut down the notorious Guantanamo Bay Prison...

Syrian intellectuals and activists from across political and intellectual spheres are busy searching for a way out of the disastrous situation their country has reached after ten years of...

Libya's designated Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, in his first press conference on 25 February, did not name the expected cabinet line-up. Many, in Libya and abroad, eagerly awaited...

Palestinian diplomatic efforts continue, with Jordanian and Egyptian support, to mobilise Arab and international backing for the Palestinian cause in order to end the Israeli occupation of the land...

The Arabian Gulf has turned into an arena for confrontation and possible conflict between Iran and Israel now that it has become certain that Iranian elements attacked the MV...