What if you not only believed that the world was going to end but had the power to make it happen? David S Katz explores the modern occult
Stephen Howe is baffled by the same old story
On the eve of the Palestinian elections in 2006, Aya Yasmina May asked what we can expect of Hamas
Jihad Fakhreddine despairs at the strangling of Arab secularism
Capitalism and central planning need each other, argues Steven Lukes
Hip hop didn't spark the riots in Paris, says Caspar Melville; it merely predicted them
We first reported on Dyab Abou Jahjah, the controversial leader of Belgium's Arab European League, in July 2004. Since then French riots and the cartoon crisis have raised his profile. At a meeting in Rotterdam he debated with equally controversial Muslim advocate Tariq Ramadan. Rosemary Bechler was there
Fidel Castro's reign over Cuba has been characterised by conservatism and authoritarianism, says Isabella Thomas
Disillusioned but not defeated, Stuart Hall talks to Laurie Taylor about the limits of liberalism
30 years after the Soweto uprising, Carol Lee meets some survivors