Bad Faith Awards 2008
Following a tough campaign and a hard-fought election, we can finally announce last year's most scurrilous enemy of reason
Politics & Conflict
Before the dawn
Thirty years after the revolution consumerism and political apathy dominate Iran. But a new generation may change that, says Nasrin Alavi
Days of atonement
Visiting Israel just weeks before the current Gaza conflict, Sally Feldman found that rising religious bigotry is one of the biggest barriers to peace
Unsafe havens
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
Novel 11, Book 18 by Dag Solstad
Philip Womack finds redemption in a Norwegian classic
Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East by Gilles Kepel
Michael Binyon is impressed by Gilles Kepel's analysis of Jihad
Fifty years of solitude
Half a century after the revolution, is Cuba turning to new gods? Roger Davidson reports from Havana
Deep trouble
Will Turkey take the Yugoslavia option? Kerem Oktem on a country caught between Islam and ultra-nationalism
Zero confidence
Banks collapsing, homes repossessed, jobs disappearing . . . no wonder the world is in despair. Steven Lukes turns to Durkheim to make sense of the real depression
God’s Executioner by Micheál Ó Siochrú
Stephen Howe on a new history of Cromwell's Irish adventure