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Interview with Sari Nusseibeh

"Human Values Unite, Religious Values Divide!"

The prominent Palestinian professor of philosophy Sari Nusseibeh appeals for pragmatic solutions of the Middle East conflict – especially for the refugee problem. An interview by Mohanan Hamed and Adham Manasreh
Elif Shafak

There Is No Clash of Civilizations

There Is No Clash of Civilizations between Europe and Turkey; rather there is a clash of opinions within Turkey itself, crystallized in a collision between those who are state-oriented and those who are civil-society-oriented, writes Elif Shafak
Yael Lerer

Publishing Arabic Literature in Hebrew

After working for the Israeli parliament, Yael Lerer decided to go into publishing. Youssef Hijazi spoke with her about authors like Mahmoud Darwish and Mohamed Choukri, and about the difficulties she confronts as a publisher of Arabic literature in Israel
The Future of the Two-state Solution in the Middle East

Reviving a Fata Morgana?

US President Barack Obama is currently in the Middle East and is generally expected to canvas for a revival of the two-state solution. Bettina Marx investigates whether this concept still has a future or not
Obama's Offer of Dialogue to the Islamic World

Turning Away from Simplistic Dualism

US President Obama has extended his hand to the Islamic world and offered it a "new partnership in mutual respect". In doing so, he is heralding the dawn of a truly new age and confirming a definitive break with the Bush era, says Loay Mudhoon
Reactions to Obama's Election Victory in the Islamic World

A Call for Change – in the Islamic World Too?

Not unexpectedly, Barack Obama's election as the next president of the United States harvested a mainly positive echo in the Arab states and Iran, where people are hopeful for a change in US policy. Peter Philipp sums up the reactions
US-President Bush in the Middle East

German Expert: Bush Waited Too Long With Mideast Trip

As US President George W. Bush embarks on a multi-country tour of the Middle East, a prominent German expert says that his chances to achieve something are fairly slim
America's War on Terror

What Went Wrong?

The failure of the United States's global policy since 9/11 can be measured in the chasm between the dreams of 2001 and the reality of 2007. Paul Rogers takes stock of six years of "war on terror"
US Foreign Policy and Iran

Of War Games and Guessing Games

The question currently occupying the minds of journalists, politicians and think tanks from Washington to Los Angeles is whether or not the final five months of the Bush administration will see an armed American strike against Iran. Ali Fathollah-Nejad looks for some answers
Commentary by Volker Perthes

Time to Talk with Iran

Concern about Iran's nuclear program is still justified, says Volker Perthes - but taking legitimate Iranian interests into consideration is the best way to influence Iran's leaders