Interview

A shift from romanticism. Raja Shehadeh, a Palestinian author, lawyer and human rights campaigner. (Courtesy of Raja Shehadeh)
Why Raja Shehadeh sees hope for Palestinians despite current ‘disenchantment’
Sharmila Devi
Mansour Saleh, deputy head of the media department of the Southern Transitional Council. (Al Arab)
Iran-Qatar-backed talks in Muscat perceived as ‘fomenting discord’ in Yemen’s southern provinces
Ahmed Gamal
Vice-president of the Istanbul-based Syrian National Coalition. (Courtesy of Dima Moussa)
Syrian opposition leader calls for pressure on Damascus as constitution talks loom
Thomas Seibert
Tunisian media magnate and would-be presidential candidate is pictured after submitting his candidacy to Tunisia's electoral commission in the capital Tunis, August 2. (AFP)
Nabil Karoui says could challenge election outcome, in TAW interview
Lamine Ghanmi
Writer Yossi Alpher. (Courtesy of Yossi Alpher)
Who are the winners and losers of the ‘Arab spring’?
Gareth Smyth
High-stakes election. Secularist presidential candidate Said Aidi. (Courtesy of Said Aidi)
Aidi calls Tunisian campaign climate poisonous
Lamine Ghanmi
Tunisian presidential candidate Abdelkrim Zbidi speaks during an interview at his office in Tunis. (AFP)
Zbidi pledges to get to bottom of ‘secret apparatus’ and political assasinations
Jemai Guesmi
Hopes and fears. Libyan activist Amal Obeidi. (Al Arab)
Is there still a place for national reconciliation in Libya?
Khulud al-Fallah
Hope in a better future. Tunisian businessman Kamel Ghribi. (Courtesy of Kamel Ghribi)
Tunisian tycoon calls for EU debt relief, harsher reforms from government
AW staff