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. …
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.…
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. …
The Dangerous Spiral in Kuwait Iraq Relations
DAVID ROBERTS: There seems to be little attention paid to the continuing worsening in relations between Kuwait and Iraq. That may change as we appear to be entering a downward spiral. …
Three Books That WON’T Help You Understand Iraq
M. LYNX-QUALEY: It's one of those lists again. You know it's designed to gain a reaction and you can't help yourself so here I go with my reaction to books on Iraq. …
