Some Arab literary figures are becoming for sale, jumping into the laps of militia groups across the Arab world

Ali Almuqri

Two rival military men thirsting for power both fail to put down their weapons to help a long-suffering people faced with a bleak future. Urgent problems are left unanswered by yet more violence.

Houssam Itani

The scale of crimes and sheer number of victims — combined with massive shortages in resources and personnel — make prosecution through the traditional legal system difficult

Haid Haid

Although journalism and statecraft are completely different, both require a certain level of emotional intelligence to cut through the confusion

Andrew Tabler

Eid Al-Fitr is time of joy. But people hit by loss or displacement can be upset by the calendar's big occasions. The human memory has always been complex and bittersweet, but it can also be shaped.

Heyla Alselim

The crisis is likely to increase political instability in Africa at a time when the continent can least afford it

Con Coughlin

Efforts to stabilise Sudan and establish civilian rule have failed. As conflict between military men once more grips a fragile republic, the reasons its people suffer also lie with politicians.

Alia Mansour

The poet represents one of the most important poetic movements since the pre-Islamic era

Paul Chaoul

While on the surface, the conflict appears to be a local power struggle, it has the potential to morph into a proxy war akin to the war in Syria and Ukraine

Ibrahim Hamidi

A dissection of the history of dialogue according to critical thinkers including its relationship to the concepts of fighting, truth, and unity

The world's second-richest person wants to turn his social network into an 'everything app' to rival WeChat, China's web giant. There are dangers ahead and the short journey so far has been rough

Khaled Kassar

The worst leak since Snowden has embarrassed the US, Ukraine, Russia, China — even Israel and Egypt

Con Coughlin