Opinion

What is for me the most haunting news story this week reveals nothing new. But sometimes a story of brutal simplicity can clarify one’s...

Elsewhere in the interview, Kerry declared that “The world would protect the Alawites, Druze, Christians, and all minorities in Syria after the ousting of...

This isn't the fault of elections, often seen as the gold stamp of "democracy" by many here in the US and elsewhere – at...

If the revolutionaries were a hard-headed bunch, or less romantic, they might have seen the removal of President Hosni Mubarak as small game. They...

Many in the field hope it’s someone with more diplomatic background than Johnson Cook, a former Clinton administration official and popular Baptist minister whose...

Over last weekend, Egypt’s people voted for a revised constitution that seeks to undo a lot of the harm done by President Morsi’s Islamist-slanted...

Ayman's Arabic-language teacher told him to cover his tattoo in class. Instead of complying, the young man defiantly pulled out the cross that hung...

Most have chosen to focus on the political repercussions of the order in which elections are held, with rumors that army General Abdel Fattah...