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The Arab Spring brought hope for the region's state-manipulated media landscape, but the counter-revolution reversed a lot of the gains, as attested to by the blocking of The New Arab.
Comment: Islamists must choose between developing into a civil and democratic political and cultural force, or conservative isolation with a violent future, writes Azmi Bishara.
Islamists disregarded democratic principles that the Arab Spring protesters had advocated for, leading to their eventual failures, writes Dr. Azmi Bishara in the second part of his treatise on
Comment: Political Islam is the end result of the enforced separation of religion and governance, leaving Islamist groups in crisis from their very inception, writes Dr Azmi Bishara.
Comment: The election of London's first Muslim mayor is major progress for Western democracy, argues Dr. Azmi Bishara, but the Arab world is light years away from such 'democratic citizenship'
Tunisia must be supported economically to achieve growth, or its woes will soon pose an existential threat to its nascent democracy, says Dr. Azmi Bishara
Sectarianism is first and foremost a socio-political phenomenon, rooted in communities' historical experiences, rituals and reformation, says Dr Azmi Bishara.
Tyranny, not terrorism, is at the root of the violence gripping much of the Arab world, and without addressing it, the region will continue to convulse, says Dr. Azmi Bishara.
Comment: Azmi Bishara argues that, despite all appearances, the conflicts in the Middle East are deeply political and do not subscribe to the Sunni-Shia conflict paradigm peddled by the ignorant.
Dr. Azmi Bishara deconstructs Russia's discourse that reduces all conflicts and nuances in the Arab region to dictatorship versus terrorism, wherein dictators are sold as the lesser of two evils.
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