Obituary

John Esposito's warning against a clash of civilisations has never been more urgent

The Georgetown scholar died on 15 July, as US bombs fell on Iran. He spent his career warning that treating Islam as a threat would become a self-fulfilling prophecy

Former Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad dies at 74

Liamine Zeroual: The Algerian president who followed the straight and narrow

Jurgen Habermas' death ends the illusion of a universal European philosophy

Hamid Dabashi

Walid Khalidi reshaped how the history of Palestine is written

Basheer Nafi

Renowned Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi dies aged 100

Mohammad Bakri, renowned Palestinian director of Jenin, Jenin, dies at 72

Geoffrey Bindman: A lawyer who spent his life searching for the truth

David Hearst

Dick Cheney may be gone, but the wars he waged are forever

Mohamad Elmasry

Saeb Erekat: Palestinian politician who believed talk was the way to a deal

Kuwait's Sheikh Sabah: The Gulf's 'great balancer'

Israel prefers a one-state solution that protects its colonial privileges

Joseph Massad

Abdullah al-Hamid: Saudi human rights advocate and 'national hero'

Obituary: Oman's Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, a moderniser with an iron fist

Egyptian folk singer Shaaban Abdel Rahim dies at age 62

Amos Oz: The enduring myth of the liberal Zionist

Ben White

Remembering Rachid Taha, voice of the oppressed and dispossessed

Malia Bouattia

The other John McCain

Malia Bouattia

Do not weep for Bernard Lewis, high priest of war in the Middle East

Peter Oborne

The 89-year-old who threatened the Egyptian regime even in death

Wael Haddara

Jack Shaheen, prominent author combating Arab stereotypes, dies at 81