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  • 4 Feb 2011
    The Egyptian uprising and its impact on the region

    President Mubarak has said he will not seek re-election when the country goes to the polls in September 2011. That's not soon enough for the anti-government protesters who have given him until today - Friday 4 February - to stand down.

  • 2 Feb 2011
    The citizenship challenge for Arab Christians

    In the midst of popular uprisings against oppression across the Middle East, an important identity question faces hard-pressed Christian minorities, says Harry Hagopian. Can these Christian communities play their role as fully-fledged Arab citizens rather than solely as ‘Arab Christians’.

  • 1 Feb 2011
    Anticipation grows as millions mobilise in Egypt

    Organisers of a rally for peaceful change in Egypt say they hope one million people will come on to the streets in the biggest show of opposition to Mubarak yet.

  • 29 Jan 2011
    Christians 'indispensible' to Middle East societies

    A leading commentator on Middle East issues has said that faith and civic leaders in the region have a responsibility to challenge "regimes that muzzle and polarise their peoples" along with the "religious totalitarianism" that fuels violence, discrimination and hatred towards minorities.

  • 29 Jan 2011
    Politics, religion and the Middle East
  • 27 Jan 2011
    Archbishop highlights Armenian experience in genocide remembrance

    Dr Rowan Williams has issued a statement marking Holocaust Memorial Day, emphasising the need to hear the 'Untold Stories' of all who have suffered genocide.

  • 27 Jan 2011
    Reflecting on the murderous attack in Alexandria

    Ekklesia's good friend and contributor Harry Hagopian, an ecumenical, legal and political expert on the Middle East, has recently recorded a podcast on the appalling and murderous attack on the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, Egypt, on New Year's Eve 2010.

  • 2 Jan 2011
    Peace and goodwill to the Middle East?

    During the past week, many in the Middle East, caught up in the yuletide spirit will have been hoping for a more peaceful world in 2011, says Harry Hagopian. But what are the prospects for peace and stability in the region?

  • 25 Dec 2010
    Netanyahu and the West Bank moratorium

    Will he, or won't he? Harry Hagopian explores the politics and posturing behind Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's decision regarding a further three-month extension to the moratorium on the construction of Jewish-only Israeli settlements on Palestinian occupied land.

  • 17 Dec 2010
    Advent, Holy Land, and Christians in the Middle East

    The themes of Advent, the situation of Christians in Israel-Palestine at the moment, plus the meeting of the Holy Land Coordination in January 2011 are topics covered in a recently recorded podcast.