Indeed, Saudi Arabia seems trapped in a state of suspended animation, its body politic sick and infirm.

All these activities allowed Walid Harfouche to become a quasi known personality in the field of Media and politic.

No. What we saw, instead, was a moral surge among the French an act of self defense by the body politic.

But the reality is more complicated, and marked by repeated failures to create a coherent body politic, even when historical opportunities beckoned.

The Hamas victory is, first and foremost, an indication of the total failure of the traditional Palestinian leadership to create a body politic.

There is no power save a new violent dictatorship that can bring Shi a, Sunnis, and Kurds to live once again in one body politic.

How will the Palestinian body politic deal with the growing power of the Islamic movements that undoubtedly will expect a significant share of power in post withdrawal Gaza?

MUMBAI In most cities of South Asia, hidden beneath the grime and neglect of extreme poverty, there exists a little Somalia waiting to burst out and infect the body politic.

Indeed, Saudi Arabia seems trapped in a state of suspended animation, its body politic sick and infirm. The country is caught between two choices progressive reform or continuing paralysis and decay.

To promote the inclusive implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the new Sudanese leadership will have to promote its acceptance beyond its immediate constituencies to the wider body politic and civil society.

Palestinians see their history as one of struggle against Zionism and Israel. But the reality is more complicated, and marked by repeated failures to create a coherent body politic, even when historical opportunities beckoned.

Equally startling, from my point of view, is the fact that no one was drawing any connections between what is happening to the body politic, and what is happening in our leading educational institutions.

The Hamas victory is, first and foremost, an indication of the total failure of the traditional Palestinian leadership to create a body politic. Palestine is not yet a state, but it is already a failed one.

But whether it is ratified or not ultimately does not matter, as the constitution and the whole constitution making process is totally out of touch with the realities of a country that no longer exists as a coherent body politic.

It would be politic to create a wide range of opportunities that used the potential, experiences and expertise of older persons so that they could remain connected to society and continue to make their mark in the world either through voluntary or remunerated work.