Sinan Antoon: ‘The Barbarian Who’s Keeping It Real’
TABSIR: A celebrated novelist, poet and filmmaker Sinan Antoon reflects on life in Iraq before and after the fall of Saddam Hussein
Iraq Faces American Ire Over Release of Insurgent
The release of a senior Hizbollah officer in Iraq has caused uproar in the United States. MidEastPosts.com analyses why…
Arab League Divide: Plus Ca Change
JUAN COLE: There’ll be some missing faces at the upcoming meeting in Baghdad but regional divisions are sharpening.
‘There’s No Room For Poets, Unless They’re Dead’
FARIS ADNON, ARABLIT: The narrative form has overwhelmed poetry in the Arab world, so I’ve given up on poetry.
News Analysis: U.S Army Sniper Goes Public
Chris Kyle, an American soldier based in Iraq, was handed a sniper rifle in 2003 as troops entered an Iraqi town. In a six year spell he killed tens of Iraqis.
Arab World Christians Shaping Own Destiny
JUAN COLE: The some 12 million Arab Christians (out of plus 350 million Arabs) are very much agents in their own fates. They make alliances, and sometimes switch them.
Analysis: US Troops Ready for Iraq Departure
In less than three weeks there will be no American troops left in Iraq. The momentous events of the last eight years have had a profound effect on the ‘cradle of civilisation’ and beyond.
U.S Withraws: Iraqi Independence is at Hand
AHMED KADHUM FAHAD, CGNEWS: It’s time for politicians within Iraq to seize the unique opportunity that full independence will provide. Are they up to the challenge?
Democracy: More Valued by Arabs than Americans?
JUAN COLE: Al Qaeda’s vision for the Arab World has been comprehensively rejected. It appears that Arabs – in particular, young Arabs – are prepared to put their lives on the line, not for a Caliphate, but for parliamentary democracy.
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