[escenic_image id="5510060"]   On 25 July 2006, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) won the Palestinian national elections. While this electoral victory was the culmination of a long process…

[escenic_image id="5510062"]Shortly after Iran’s 1979 revolution ousted the pro-Western Shah of Iran, the new revolutionary government proclaimed a new dawn in Iran’s commercial relations with the…

[escenic_image id="559401"] The Majalla - Why has the dispute between Sunnis and Shiites intensified recently?  - The origins of the differences between Sunnis and Shiites are not religious, but…

[escenic_image id="559435"]It is hard to win a war no one remembers you are fighting.  With more than 100,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, the United States is clearly fighting a war, or at the very least…

[escenic_image id="558977"]The longevity of the Egyptian-based Muslim Brotherhood is perhaps the most successful high-wire act in a region all too familiar with lethal missteps. Founded eight decades…

[escenic_image id="558974"]Gamal Mubarak originally pursued an economic career in London. However, it was not long before he was drawn to politics, despite a reluctance to do so at first. He joined…

[escenic_image id="558975"]Dr. Mufid Shihab is one of the most prominent figures in the Egyptian "political kitchen"; he is the Minister of Parliamentary and Legal Affairs and a member the political…

There are several approaches to understanding the status of Gamal Mubarak, in the context of political development in Egypt. The first involves developing a system for assessing the general condition…

Governments in developed countries gain their legitimacy through their respect of the free will of the people, their commitment to the constitution and their compliance with the rulings of the…

Some believe that the relationship between regional players and the players in the conflict in Saada (Yemeni state and its Houthi opponents) can contribute to a successful mediation that  might…