Articles by subject: Middle East
- A time to sow (by Paul Sims, January/February 2012 )
- After a year of revolts in the Arab world, is the region reaping the rewards of freedom? Paul Sims talks to veteran Middle East watcher Fuad Nahdi
- Egypt's three revolutionary fronts (by Austin Mackell, September/October 2011 )
- As Egypt prepares for post-Mubarak elections, could the activists of Tahrir Square be in danger of losing out to more reactionary forces? asks Austin Mackell
- A Fatah-Hamas truce is good for Palestinians (by Sami Zubaida, July/August 2011 )
- The Arab Spring is aiding political reconciliation in Gaza, explains Sami Zubaida
- Long road to renewal (by Jim Al-Khalili, May/June 2011 )
- The Islamic world needs to recover its scientific spirit, says Jim Al-Khalili
- Changing course (by Kerem Oktem, May/June 2011 )
- The 'Arab Spring' has changed how we teach Middle East politics forever, says Kerem Oktem
- The Arabs: A History by Eugene Rogan (by Stephen Howe, November/December 2009 )
- Stephen Howe on a new history of the Arabs
- The Fall of the Imam by Nawal El Saadawi (by Philip Womack, July/August 2009 )
- Philip Womack praises a formidable Egyptian novel
- Hatefest (by Ian Williams, March/April 2009 )
- We must prevent the UN being unravelled by bigotry and conflict, argues Ian Williams
- Days of atonement (by Sally Feldman, January/February 2009 )
- Visiting Israel just weeks before the current Gaza conflict, Sally Feldman found that rising religious bigotry is one of the biggest barriers to peace
- Before the dawn (by Nasrin Alavi, January/February 2009 )
- Thirty years after the revolution consumerism and political apathy dominate Iran. But a new generation may change that, says Nasrin Alavi
- Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East by Gilles Kepel (by Michael Binyon, November/December 2008 )
- Michael Binyon is impressed by Gilles Kepel's analysis of Jihad
- Memories of a promised land (by Mike Marqusee and Eliane Glaser, May/June 2008 )
- Sixty years since its foundation Mike Marqusee and Eliane Glaser explore the state of Israel
- Peace Warriors (by Ron Dudai, November/December 2006 )
- Ron Dudai meets the men of violence who have changed their minds
- Sex Crimes (by Brian Whitaker, May/June 2006 )
- Brian Whitaker traces the evolution of Middle-Eastern homophobia
- Champagne Islam (by Sami Zubaida, September/October 2005 )
- Until recently, the Middle East enjoyed a culture of tolerance, sensuality and debate. Sami Zubaida celebrates its rich tradition
- Book review: Raising Dust by Nicholas Rowe (by Andrew Mueller, Web Exclusive, September 2010)
- This study of Palestinian dance provides a rare insight into the lives of the region's people, says Andrew Mueller
- It's about Egypt not Islam (by Mona Eltahawy, Web Exclusive, February 2011)
- Mubarak has gone, now what? Mona Eltahawy has a message for those worrying about an Islamic take-over in Egypt
- Renovation not demolition (by Austin Mackell, Web Exclusive, June 2011)
- As Egypt looks ahead to elections, Austin Mackell meets a representative of one of the Islamic parties vying for control
- Freethinking in the Arab Spring (by Max Opray, Web Exclusive, July 2011)
- Expressing irreligious views can be dangerous in the Middle East but, for the region's largest group of online rationalists, the Egyptian revolution is a cause for optimism, finds Max Opray
- A theocracy on the Nile? (by Austin Mackell, Web Exclusive, January 2012)
- The triumph of the Islamist parties in Egypt's elections has raised fears of a religious takeover of the state. Austin Mackell reports from Cairo
