Everything about the scene in the white marquee erected in Tripoli's Mina as-Shaab waterside quarter would have been unthinkable until last year.

In an opinion article, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle addresses the role of Islamic political parties in the changes underway in North Africa and the Arab world.

The global balance of power is changing; and not just in ways commonly covered by the media.

Freedom and Justice Party, (FJP) Secretary General Dr. Saad Katatny, called on businessman in the region and worldwide to begin investing in Egypt and help rebuild and develop it after

According to Marc Franco, head of the European Union delegation to Egypt, Europe supports the democratic transformation in Egypt after the 25 January Revolution which toppled Mubarak and his regime.

The campaign against dictatorship in the Arab world has brought together some strange bedfellows.

One month ago, Tunisia seemed quiet, stable. Quiet and stable is generally what Western governments like to see in the Middle East. But Tunisia may be on the brink of

For two weeks expanding protests have been taking place in Tunisia initially flaring in the state of Sidi Bouzid. Security forces confronted protestors, arresting lawyers and activists who were in

Stuart Littlewood views a recent tour of the Republic of Ireland by a delegation of Church leaders from Palestine during which they described in meetings with Irish politicians the situation

Lawrence Davidson considers the problems of private realities – the fact that ”there are people who do occasionally attain power whose private realities are fantasy driven” and the fact that