CAIRO: A hurricane is not a regular storm. It's a very powerful storm, often accompanied by strong winds and heavy rain.
But we live in Egypt, a country known for its moderate weather. Yet all of a sudden we were struck by thunder in a political (...)
The situation in Egypt today is at its best. According to scientific, objective indicators, both international and local, Egypt is still backward, surpassed by many Asian, African and Latin American countries that were, until recently, less (...)
CAIRO: Mr. President Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States of America. I write this letter before your visit to my country, Egypt, on June 4. I write to you first as an Egyptian, Arab, Muslim citizen; second as part of the Egyptian (...)
Having gotten a foot in the door, Islamist movements across the Middle East need to demonstrate their intentions through democratic practice, writes Osama El-Ghazaly Harb*
Change and reform in the Arab world, or the Middle East in general, are no (...)
It is wrong, given the experience of decades, to assume that moves towards democracy will proceed seamlessly, writes Osama El-Ghazali Harb*
Egypt is engaged in an attempt to introduce radical change through gradual means and the process is the (...)
Hacks and conservatives may have a grip on the media but they paint a thin veneer over their hidden agendas, writes Osama El-Ghazali Harb*
If you were to trawl through Egyptian history from the moment Mina united the North and South some 51 (...)
Reformists in the Middle East should take advantage of international conditions while developing their social base inside, writes Osama El-Ghazali Harb*
The debate over the role of external factors in achieving reform in the Middle East has become (...)
A major overhaul of the political system is needed, writes Osama El-Ghazali Harb*, and no one is better qualified to oversee it than President Mubarak
How can we interpret the recent political reforms announced by President Mubarak in the context of (...)
Osama El-Ghazali Harb* detects signs that Washington has finally understood the importance of resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
Once again there is a glimmer of hope that progress will be made in advancing the Arab-Israeli peace process, (...)
Only by condemning atrocities falsely enacted in the name of Islam will Muslims be able to clear their image, argues Osama El-Ghazali Harb*
Are Muslims aware of the threats they now face? Do they understand how millions of Europeans, Americans, (...)
The Arab and Islamic worlds must embrace reform in the interest of all while holding would-be Western overseers to their own political obligations, writes Osama El-Ghazali Harb*
The declarations of the G8 summit in Sea Island, Georgia this month (...)
The messages broadcast in the wake of Saddam's capture were as grim as they were wrong, writes Osama El-Ghazali Harb*
Saddam Hussein's capture had enormous tragicomic potential. That this man, ruthless and arrogant, who spent much of his life (...)
By Osama El-Ghazali Harb *
The Islamic world is at and critical juncture. This stage has a significance comparable to that of the Crusades, the exodus from Andalusia or the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The contradictions besieging the Islamic world (...)