Added on 01/03/2012
Michael J. Totten
Algeria , Arab Spring , Army , Bashar al-Assad , Ben Ali , Budapest , Cairo , Democracy , East Africa , Eastern Mediterranean , Egypt , Iran , Islam , Islamist party , Lebanon , Libya , Mediterranean , Middle East , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Prague , Prime Minister , Sahara , Sharia Law , Syria , Tripoli , Tunisia , United States
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Largely forgotten in the West, Tunisia is where the great movements and ideas of the Arab Spring are fighting a huge battle.
Added on 29/02/2012
Susan Al Shahri
Army , Democracy , Egypt , Libya , Middle East , Nikon , Oman , Sultan Qaboos bin Said
SUSAN AL SHAHRI: It’s a year since protests erupted in Salalah. We’ve been through a lot and learned a lot since then.
Added on 26/02/2012
Dhofari Gucci
Arab Spring , Army , Democracy , Governor , Oman , Protests
DHOFARI GUCCI: It’s a year since the Arab Spring hit Salalah and the results have been impressive.
Added on 15/02/2012
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Al Aswany , Alaa al-Aswany , Army , Chicago , Coca cola , Democracy , Egypt , Islamist , Literature , Member of Parliament , Minister of the Interior , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Nile , Novelist , political commentator , Port Said , Prime Minister , Salafi , State media , Tahrir Square , The New Yorker , The Yacoubian Building
M. LYNX-QUALEY: He is arguably Egypt’s leading public intellectual and every week he holds public salons whose numbers have swelled hugely over the past year.
Added on 15/02/2012
Common Ground News Service
Al Ahram Weekly , America , Brazil , Cairo , Democracy , Egypt , Freedom and Justice Party , Germany , India , Japan , Journalist , Mohamed el Sayed , Muslim Brotherhood , Oil , Singapore , South Korea , Suez , Suez Canal , the Al Ahram Weekly , Turkey , United States , Washington
MOHAMED EL-SAYED, CGNEWS: A very unlikely relationship indeed is beginning to take shape.
Added on 15/02/2012
David Roberts
Conservative Party , Democracy , Elections , Emir , Guantanamo Bay , Iraq , Kuwait , Kuwaiti Government , MP , Prime Minister , United States , US Federal Reserve
DAVID ROBERTS: Until these groups can come together bitter arguments, recriminations and stalled political and economic sectors will typify Kuwait.
Added on 12/02/2012
Rania Al Malky
Army , Cairo , Cairo Criminal Court , Democracy , Egypt , Facebook , International Republican Institute , Israel , Kamal El-Ganzoury , Mubarak , National Democratic Institute , Omar Suleiman , President , Prime Minister , Ramadan , SCAF , Suez , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Tahrir Square , United States
RANIA AL MALKY: Every drop of blood spilt in the struggle for democracy has taken away from SCAF’s legitimacy, turning more Egyptians against military rule.
Added on 12/02/2012
Common Ground News Service
Al-Nahda , Banking , Civil society , Constituent Assembly , Democracy , Economy , Employment , European Union , Islamic party , Tunisia , World Bank
AMINE GHALI, CGNEWS: With growth stagnant, foreign companies leaving in droves Tunisia’s new government faces huge issues
Added on 12/02/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Democracy , Egypt , Jeddah , Journalist , Ministry of Culture and Information , publications law , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The now infamous Saudi blogger Hamza Kashgari is not the only one to feel the full force of new Saudi laws.
Added on 08/02/2012
Common Ground News Service
Cairo , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Food and Drink , Hosni Mubarak , Mohammed Hussein Tantawi , National Democratic Party , President , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Tahrir Square , Tear gas
MARIA GOLIA, CGNEWS: Any resident of Cairo is familiar with the ‘bikya’ man. He could be a metaphor for all of Egypt today.
Added on 30/01/2012
Steve Royston
Bahrain , Bill Gates , Democracy , Housing Minister , Labour government , Labour Party , Mark Zuckerberg , National Health Service , Steve Jobs , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: Bahrain is debating whether a bachelor’s degree is a necessity for a member of parliament. It will skew the demographics.
Added on 24/01/2012
Steve Royston
Arab League , Bahrain , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Hosni Mubarak , Middle East , President , Syria , Syrian government , Tahrir Square , Tunisia , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: We’re coming up to the first anniversary of the protests that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. What is the most significant change that has taken place over the past year?
Added on 22/01/2012
Common Ground News Service
Democracy , Education , Ettakatol Party , Manouba University , Tunisia
OMEZZINE KHELIFA, CGNEWS: The birth pangs of the new, democratic Tunisia are proving to be painful with a polarisation of society into two conflicting camps possible. Which side will triumph?
Added on 22/01/2012
Juan Cole
Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Freedom and Justice Party , Muslim Brotherhood , United States
JUAN COLE: When Egyptian results are discussed there appears to be a default mechanism requiring the views of women and secularists – but not in the U.S…
Added on 16/01/2012
Juan Cole
Al Ahram , Bush Administration , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egypt's military , former head , International Atomic Energy Agency , Morocco , Mubarak , Muhammad VI , Muslim Brotherhood , parliamentary systems , President , Prime Minister , Turkey
JUAN COLE: The Egyptian military have absolutely no intention of handing power to any civilian administration until they’ve done the right deal.
Added on 08/01/2012
Tabsir
Bernard Lewis , Democracy , Iran , Islam , Islamism , Mecca , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , New York Times , Republican Party , Shariah law
DANIEL M. VARISCO: The right-wing media in the United States, in particular, has worked itself into a frenzy about the term ‘Islamism’. They need to chill and think straight.
Added on 06/01/2012
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Abdul Aziz Khoja , Activist , Al Qaeda , Al Watan , Cairo , Democracy , Marriott Hotel , minister of information and culture , Ministry of Culture and Information , Paris , Riyadh , Saleh Al-Shehi , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Twitter , Women , Women's issues
AHMED AL OMRAN: The fallout from the ‘Marriott Foyer Incident’ continues. Is such debate an unnecessary diversion from the real issues facing the Kingdom?
Added on 02/01/2012
Michael J. Totten
Assad , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Democracy , Dwight Eisenhower , Hafez Al Assad , Hama , Idlib , Israel , Syria
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Cool calculation lies behind Syria’s targetting of protesters. Too many dead and calls for foreign intervention grow.
Added on 30/12/2011
Juan Cole
Abdullah , Al Qaeda , Algeria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Ali Khamenei , Arab Spring , Ayman al-Zawahiri , Baath Party in Syria , Bahrain , Balkans , Ben Ali , Binyamin Netanyahu , Bush Administration , David Cameron , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Europe , France , G8 , Gaza , George W. Bush , Hamas , Hillary Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Joe Biden , Libya , Manama , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Misrata , Moncef Marzouki , Morocco , Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Oil , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , School of Oriental and African Studies , Social services , Supreme , Suzanne Mubarak , Syria , Syrian National Council , Tahrir Square , Tel Aviv , Tunisia , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , Washington , West Bank , Western Europe , Western Mountain region , Yemen
JUAN COLE: So much that is misinformed, over-hyped and simply plain wrong has been written about the Arab Spring. So let’s sort the wheat from the chaff.
Added on 29/12/2011
Syria News Wire
Al Jazeera , Ammar Abdulhamid , Assad , Bahrain , Damascus , Democracy , Human Rights Watch , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Syria , Syrian National Council , Syrian Observatory , The Guardian , The New York Times
NEWS FROM SYRIA: The former Chairman of the Syria Computer Society, a certain Bashar Assad, had a lot of support from the blogosphere in his first decade. Not any more.
