Transcending its many divisions and tracing a fraught history, can the Beirut marathon bring the city together?
To counter the wave of misinformation and denial in political life, we urgently need to defend the concept of the public good.
Tunisia’s Islamist party Ennahdha is seeking to secure the gains of the 2011 uprising and adapt itself to secular democracy.
This memoir by imprisoned Turkish writer Ahmet Altan is both chilling and heartening.
Q&A with Shakira Hussein, author of "From Victims to Suspects: Muslim Women Since 9/11"
The conflict in eastern Ukraine has provoked a split in the Russian Orthodox church, with up to 30 million followers at stake.
The wartime posters of Abram Games show a vision of a shared civic state.
The term has long historic roots, but is highly politically charged.
India's election commission has been criticised for not acting to curb extreme rhetoric.
A new book explores the question of what domesticated Homo sapiens.