Added on 13/02/2012
The View From Fez
America , Cell phones , Fez , Medina , Morocco , Victoria
CHRISTINA AMMON, THE VIEW FROM FEZ: A visit to the Medina in Fez is about as far away from a trip to Gap or Victoria’s Secret as it’s possible to get.
Added on 28/01/2012
Juan Cole
Alan Grayson , America , Benjamin Netanyahu , Binyamin Netanyahu , Department of State , Egypt , Fatah , Florida , Food and Drink , France , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Germany , Governor , Haifa , Hamas , Hannah Arendt , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Israeli army , Italy , Jerusalem , League of Nations , Lebanon , Likud Party , Middle East , Mitt Romney , Newt Gingrich , Obama , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , Republican Party , Romney , Sheldon Adelson , Syria , Tel Aviv , United Nations , United States , West Bank
JUAN COLE: The maths speaks for itself – a country of 7.5 million people is surrounded by 400 others with whom it seems to be at constant odds.
Added on 23/01/2012
Richard Silverstein
America , Barack Obama , Bibi Netanyahu , Chicago , Israel , Las Vegas , model , Newt Gingrich , Richard Silverstein , Sheldon Adelson , South Carolina , Tea Party , United States
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Adelson would explicitly reject the dictum, kol yisrael erayvim zeh ba-zeh (“All Israel is bound up on in the other”).
Added on 16/01/2012
Alexander McNabb
America , Economics , Economy , Europe , Finance , Ohio , Standard and Poor's , Washington
ALEXANDER MCNABB: I’m bewildered at the power that three ratings agencies wield in the world today.
Added on 14/01/2012
Mondoweiss
America , Benny Gantz , CNN , Eli Lake , Germany , inspector , International Atomic Energy Agency , Iran , Iranian parliament , Israel , Israel Defense Forces , Israeli military , Israeli Military Strength , Knesset , Mossad , Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan , Obama , Obama administration , Tehran , Tel Aviv , Turkey , U.N. Security Council , U.S. intelligence , United Nations , United States , Washington
ALEX KANE, MONDOWEISS: The Israelis are doing all in their power to scuttle ‘back channel’ discussions to ease tension between the U.S and Iran.
Added on 13/01/2012
Abu Muhammed
America , Central Intelligence Agency , Education , Egypt , Eisenhower , Iran , Japan , Malaysia , Minister of Education , Ministry of Labor , Oil wealth , Richard Nixon , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Tunisia , United States
ABU MUHAMMED: The only thing stopping Saudi from becoming a superpower is Saudi. A nation cannot truly be great until it can educate its own.
Added on 13/01/2012
David Roberts
Al Qaeda , America , Iran , Israel , Middle East , Nuclear technology , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Security services , United States
DAVID ROBERTS: The Saudi authorities clearly have a vested interest in the failure of the Iranian nuclear programme. So could they have been involved in the recent assassination?
Added on 05/01/2012
Syria News Wire
America , Ammar Abdulhamid , Amnesty , Bush , Christopher Hitchens , Iraq , Journalism , Journalist , London , Nick Cohen , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Syria , Syrian National Council , United Kingdom , United States , Washington
NEWS FROM SYRIA: Christopher Hitchens famously did it with Iraq and now his friend Nick Cohen is doing the same on Syria – advocating for war.
Added on 05/01/2012
David Roberts
Afghanistan , America , Christmas , Emir , Europe , Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani , Hizballah , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , New Year's Day , Obama , Obama administration , Oil , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Strait of Hormuz , Tehran , United Arab Emirates , United States
DAVID ROBERTS: It appears that both the United States and Iran’s domestic political requirements have spun the region into a dangerous spiral.
Added on 21/12/2011
Steve Royston
Abdulaziz , Abdullah , America , Anglo-Iranian Oil Company , Beirut , Churchill , co-author , Cyprus , David Ben Gurion , Egypt , Faisal , Gamal Abdul Nasser , Hafez Assad , India , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Jordan , Kim Philby , Lawrence , Lebanon , Literature , London , Middle East , Moscow , New York Times , Paul Wolfowitz , Politics , Prime Minister , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tehran , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: Book Review: Here you’ll find the Britons and Americans – proconsuls, agents provocateurs, spies, politicians – that shaped the Middle East.
Added on 20/12/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
America , Federal Bureau of Investigation , Florida Family Association , Islam , United States
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: The problem right-wingers have with ‘All American Muslim’ is that it doesn’t play to the usual stereotypes.
Added on 16/12/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Advertising , America , Florida Family Association , Islamaphobia , Tampa , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The group claims showing Muslims as ordinary, hides the fact that some are terrorists. The show therefore is a danger to America.
Added on 13/12/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Abu Dhabi Gallup Center , Advertising , Alaska , America , Branding , Dalia Mogahed , Dearborn , Florida Family Association , Michigan , Middle East , Muslims , Osama Bin Laden , Ramadan , Sarah Palin , United States
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: The lesson from these examples is courage pays off. Muslims show loyalty to brands supporting them in the public space.
Added on 10/12/2011
David Roberts
America , Beijing , Iran , Iraq , Moscow , Technology , United States , Washington
DAVID ROBERTS: Certainly, this is a blow for the U.S. When grainy footage emerges from China of a wing shaped UAV taking off, we’ll know how much so.
Added on 06/12/2011
Crossroads Arabia
America , Dearborn , Michigan , Muslims , The American Muslim , United States
Reality TV show All-American Muslim is a step ahead in exposing American Muslim society as diverse, but also continues to perpetrate several stereotypes.
Added on 30/11/2011
Sawsan Morrar
America , Amman , Arab American Institute , California , executive director , Expatriates , Food and Drink , James Zogby , Jordan , Middle East , New Jersey , United States
SAWSAN MORRAR: The call to come ‘home’ is strong for Jordan’s diaspora, and yet the reality of coming home can be a hard adjustment to make…
Added on 17/11/2011
Michael J. Totten
Afghanistan , America , American government , Armin Rosen , Army , Barack Obama , Cairo , CNN , Cuba , Department of State , Egypt , Egyptian army , Fidel Castro , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Israel , KGB , Montreal , Muslim Brotherhood , Nasser , policeman , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Sadat , Saddam Hussein , Salafist , Salafists , Saudi Arabia , Taliban , United States
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Sectarian clashes between Christians and Muslims are increasing daily throughout Egypt. Coptic leaders are understandably cagey…
Added on 07/11/2011
Abu Muhammed
ABC News , Abdullah , America , Democracy , Middle East , Saudi Arabia , UAE , United Arab Emirates , United States
ABU MOHAMMED: If there’s one thing calculated to get up the nose of just about every Arab it’s the supercilious lecture by a Westerner on the superiority of their democracy over all other forms of government. ‘Oh really?’
Added on 19/10/2011
SuhaibWebb
America , American government , Gaza Strip , Islam , Japan , Music , New York city , Rap
LAVON L. BROWN, SUHAIBWEBB: A socially engaged group of artists, the Last Poets, infused their work with religious tropes, setting the template for today’s rappers.
Added on 09/10/2011
David Roberts
Ali Khamenei , America , Bahrain , Food and Drink , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hizballah , Iran , Iraq , Journalism , Journalist , Kuwait , Manama , Manama’s Pearl Square , Martial law , Middle East , Oman , Persian Gulf , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Shura Council , Tehran , The Wall Street Journal , United Arab Emirates , United States
DAVID ROBERTS: The Wall Street Journal has published a very curious piece indeed on the relationship between Iran and Bahrain. It’s long on allegation but very short on proof.