Across the Islamic world young people are flocking to the sounds of hardcore rock and death metal. Mark LeVine reports from Cairo
Nina Power considers complicity in Iraq
Andrew Mueller enjoys some journalism with a human touch
In 2005 Russian artist Anna Alchuk was publicly vilified and put on trial for her involvement in the Caution:Religion! exhibition. Three years later she drowned herself. Her husband, the philosopher Michail Ryklin, reads her diaries to find out why
Following a tough campaign and a hard-fought election, we can finally announce last year's most scurrilous enemy of reason
Thirty years after the revolution consumerism and political apathy dominate Iran. But a new generation may change that, says Nasrin Alavi
Visiting Israel just weeks before the current Gaza conflict, Sally Feldman found that rising religious bigotry is one of the biggest barriers to peace
The Government is planning tougher penalties for men who use trafficked prostitutes. But who is helping the women themselves? Rahila Gupta uncovers a distributing trend
Philip Womack finds redemption in a Norwegian classic
Michael Binyon is impressed by Gilles Kepel's analysis of Jihad