Middle-east

Glen Johnson presents photographs from Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.…

Ilaria Vecchi reports from the 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting in Tunisia, where solidarity is key despite the Palestinians being refused entry visas.…

Interview with Gigi Ibrahim, a 24-year-old Egyptian activist…

The tide of disaffection sweeping the Middle East is finally penetrating Syria’s borders, says Marian Chapman, recently returned from Damascus.…

Maria Golia savours a moment of extraordinary clarity for Egypt.…

Beware Americans talking stability, warns Noam Chomsky.…

After Egypt and Tunisia, could President Mugabe be the next dictator to be toppled? Mgcini Nyoni explains why he thinks it’s unlikely.…

With attempts to mark International Women’s Day thwarted by angry men, Glen Johnson discovers that Egypt’s uprising has yet to improve the situation of its women.…

Yahia Lababidi reflects on a triumphant People’s Uprising.…

It is no longer acceptable to live in a world where young girls are taken out of school and forced into early marriage, where women’s employment opportunities are limited, and where the threat of gender-based violence is a daily reality — at home, in the street, at school and at work. -Michele Bachelet, Head of UN Women…