Wadah Khanfar

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Participants at a major conference in Gaza have concluded that as the influence of America, Russia and the EU diminishes, regional security is depending more and more...

The 11th annual "Palestinians in Europe Conference", organized by the General Secretariat of the Palestinians in Europe Conference and The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), was held on Saturday in...

The former Director General of the Al-Jazeera Network became the first Muslim and non-Western journalist to deliver the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture at City University in London on...

On Sunday, Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi will complete his first year in office. Instead of being an occasion to celebrate – he is the first elected president – many...

The military coup in Egypt this month and the bloody attacks since, perpetrated by the military and police against supporters of constitutional legitimacy, will form an important turning point...

The resignation of the Director-General of satellite TV network Al-Jazeera has caused an uproar befitting the status of the man charged with drafting the policies of the most important...

Al Jazeera is an enigma – although owned by an absolute monarch, it's hailed as an independent voice in a region scarred by tyranny. Mehdi Hasan visits its headquarters...

Many politicians and journalists are fearful of the future which can be facing the religious minorities in Syria following the revolution. Very often, these fears are expressed in the...

It is difficult for the observer to forecast the course of events in our region. The ongoing changes in the Arab region and the Middle East are many. The...

I attended two meetings this week in Gaza which were also attended by Wadah Khanfar, the former director general of Al-Jazeera, Basheer Nafi, of Al-Jazeera Centre for Studies and...

There's little trust in America's motives, and an airstrike would not stop the brutal slaughter of civilians. Far better to help the rebels directly The Arab world has longed...

In the Middle East, long-established alliances are shifting dramatically. As one political leader in the region said to me recently: "The ground is shaking under our feet and we...