Added on 24/02/2011
Robert
Iran , Lawrence of Arabia
The only Arab leader in all of their history was their prophet. All other real leaders with world impacts have been Muslims but not of Arab decent. Only an Iranian, Turkish, Kurdish, Pakistani, or any other leadership will unite that Muslim world to fi…
Added on 23/02/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Ben Ali , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Egypt , Emir , Facebook , government services , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Jeddah , Middle East , Naif , North Africa , Oil , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Tunisia , Unemployment
ROB L. WAGNER: Western analysts are engaging in wishful thinking that Saudi Arabia is ripe for a revolution. The Kingdom is no Egypt or Tunisia.
Added on 23/02/2011
Steve Royston
Abdulaziz , Abdullah , Arabian Peninsula , Bahrain , Baluchistan , British Embassy , Democracy , East Africa , elected president , Facebook , Faisal , Fifa World Cup , France , GCC , George W. Bush , Hosni Mubarak , India , Iran , Iraq , Istanbul , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Muammar Gaddafi , North Africa , Oil , Oil and gas , Oil Embargo , oil prices , oil revenue , Oil revenues , Oil wealth , Palestinian Territories , Pearl Roundabout , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Scotland , Social Media , Tahrir Square , Tripoli , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Winston Churchill , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: This post is more than a five-minute read. I apologise, but I don’t apologise: Sometimes you need more than a few hundred words.
Added on 23/02/2011
Mondoweiss
Avigdor Lieberman , Bahrain , Benjamin Netanyahu , Department of State , Egypt , Ehud Barak , Ethan Bronner , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Israeli Defense Ministry , Jerusalem , Jordan , New York Times , Obama administration , P. J. Crowley , President , Prime Minister , Senate , Suez , Suez Canal , Syria , The Wall Street Journal , Tunisia , UN Security Council , United Nations , United States , United States Navy , Washington
ALI GHARIB, MONDOWEISS: Two Iranian warships pass through the Suez Canal and the Israelis howl in protest. The U.S administration quickly falls into line…
Added on 20/02/2011
Common Ground News Service
Army , Cairo , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian government , Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood , Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood , Gaza , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Israel , Jerusalem , Middle East , Mohamed elBaradei , Palestine , Peace , Ruhollah Khomeini , West Bank
KHALED DIAB:The change convulsing the Middle East is being viewed fearfully by Israel. But there’s an opportunity for it to improve its relationships…
Added on 17/02/2011
MadeInUSA
Iran
Hm. Those Arab leaders seem to have more common sense regarding Iran than either the Bush or Obama administrations. More than both put together.
Added on 17/02/2011
James M. Dorsey
2006 World Cup , 2010 World Cup , Algeria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , BBC , Benghazi , Colonel , Confederation of African Football , Egypt , Facebook , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Germany , Iran , Jordan , Libya , Middle East , Muammar Gaddafi , North Africa , President , Soccer , Tunisia , United States , Yemen
JAMES DORSEY: Gaddafi intends the opening of the Benghazi stadium to be a show of popular support, but activists fear it could become the setting for clashes.
Added on 16/02/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , BBC , Foreign media , Iran , Jordan , Manama
STEVE ROYSTON: The protesters of Bahrain are sailing with the winds of Tahrir behind them. The next few days will show where those winds take them.
Added on 14/02/2011
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Algeria , Algiers , Bahrain , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Iran , Manama , Oil , Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries , Palestine Authority , President , Prime Minister , Reuters , Salam Fayyad , Tunisia , United States , Washington , West Bank , Yemen , Yemeni military
JUAN COLE – Events are moving quickly around the Arab World following the departure of Hosni Mubarak. I highlight, what I believe, are the most significant developments.
Added on 12/02/2011
Steve Royston
Algeria , Argentina , Brazil , Chile , China , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian army , guard , Guatemala , Indonesia , Iran , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Middle East , Pakistan , President , South Korea , Tahrir Square , Thailand , Tunisia
STEVE ROYSTON: Regional fallout from the events in Tunisia and Egypt is expected. But other countries around the world have been watching.
Added on 11/02/2011
James M. Dorsey
Egypt , Football , Green Movement , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iranian parliament , Islamic Republic of Iran , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , President , Ruhollah Khomeini , Soccer , Tehran , Tunisia , Zine Abedine Ben Ali
JAMES DORSEY: Iran’s Football Federation has postponed league matches in Tehran to prevent celebrations of the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic revolution turning into anti-government protests.
Added on 06/02/2011
Rania Al Malky
Ahmed Shafiq , Al Hurra , Cairo , Censorship , Daily News Egypt , Egypt , Hamas , Hisham Mubarak Law Center , Iran , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , President , Prime Minister , Rania Al Malky , Rubber bullets , Spy , State media , Tahrir Square
RANIA AL MALKY: You can’t fool all the people all the time. The hawks of Egypt’s current regime should have learned this lesson over the past 11 days.
Added on 05/02/2011
Steve Royston
Africa , Al Qaeda , Alexandria , China , Egypt , Europe , European Union , Faisal , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Lenin , Mainstream media , Middle East , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Oil , Oil Embargo , Palestinian Territories , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Soviet Union , Syria , Tahrir Square , Turkey , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: Amid the frenzy in the Middle East and beyond about the future of Egypt, many people seem to be working on a set of assumptions that are worth questioning.
Added on 03/02/2011
Brit in Beirut
Egypt , Egypt Protests , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Middle East , Syria , Syrian military , Tunisia , Yemen
BRITINBEIRUT: The events in Egypt came as a surprise to many (not least, it appears, the U.S State Department), however in the Middle East conflict is never far from the surface.
Added on 03/02/2011
Mondoweiss
Army , Cairo , EGP , Egypt , Facebook , Iran , Mona Seif , Social networking , Tahrir Square , Tehran , Twitter , United States
MONA SEIF, MONDOWEISS: Today was the day everything changed. It was the saddest day, a peaceful revolution and has now been attacked with unspeakable violence.
Added on 01/02/2011
The Moor Next Door
Afghanistan , Algeria , Algiers , America , Egypt , Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood , Energy , Europe , France , Iran , Islamist , Islamist party , Israel , Jimmy Carter , Levant , Mediterranean , Middle East , Oil , Persian Gulf , President , Southern Europe , Soviet Union , Taliban , Tehran , Tunisia , United States , US Federal Reserve
TMND: The dominant official American attitude toward democratic reform in Egypt is concerned with the possibility that the Muslim Brothers might sweep the polls.
Added on 01/02/2011
Steve Royston
Africa , Ban Ki Moon , Ben Ali , China , Davos , East Africa , Egypt , Europe , France , G20 , Haiti , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Jordan , Marshall , Middle East , Mubarak , North Africa , Oil supplies , Pakistan , Suez , Suez Canal , UN General Assembly , Unemployment , United Nations , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: A focus on regeneration will have a longer-lasting effect than quick political fixes that will do nothing to alleviate the lot of the frustrated…
Added on 31/01/2011
Tabsir
Ben Ali , Egypt , Euphrates , Facebook , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Israel , Mediterranean , Mediterranean coast , Mubarak , New York , Nile , pharaoh , Rubber bullets , Sadat , Saddam Hussein , Twitter , United States Agency for International Development
DANIEL M. VARISCO: His survival as Egypt’s modern day Pharaoh is looking less likely by the hour. How will his legacy stack up?
Added on 27/01/2011
Alexander McNabb
Censorship , Egypt , Facebook , Iran , Journalism , Mainstream media , Social Media , Tahrir Square , The Wall Street Journal , Tunisia , Twitter
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Blocking Twitter won’t stop word getting out. You’re as well to try and stop grains of sand falling through marbles.