Mich Cafe Arab diaspora , Asia , Forced migration , Internally displaced person , Iraq , Iraqis in Syria , Jordan , Lebanon , Levant , Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Member states of the United Nations , Middle East , Persecution , Politics , Politics of Syria , Protests in Syria , Refugee , Refugees of the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising , Rima Maktabi , Social Issues , Syria , Syria Relief , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
MICH CAFE: If Americans diverted the money they spent in a month on ice-cream to the UN Syrian refugee fund the target would be met.
Ramzy Baroud Arab , Arab Christians , Arab League , Arab nationalism , Arab people , Arab world , Asia , Christian Arabs , Egypt , Fertile Crescent , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Iraq , Lebanon , Michel Aflaq , Middle East , Politics , Religion/Belief , Syria , United States , War/Conflict , Western Asia
RAMZY BAROUD: Any possibility of a Pan Arab national identity is being destroyed each day that people are being butchered in the name of a particular sect
Ramzy Baroud Asia , Iraq , Israel , Levant , Middle East , Politics , Russia , United States , War/Conflict , Washington
RAMZY BAROUD: America’s current role as impotent looker-on is unprecedented in recent Middle Eastern history. This situation won’t continue indefinitely
M.-Lynx-Qualey Alex Zucker , Arabic literature , Culture of New York City , Elias Khoury , Entertainment/Culture , Iraq , Islam , Khouri , Literature , Novelist , PEN America , PEN American Center , PEN World Voices , Postcolonial literature , Religion , Salman Rushdie , Suzanne Nossel
M. LYNX-QUALEY: At major international writer events there seems to be an overwhelming focus on the politics of the region. Understandable but we’re neglecting a fuller picture
Mondoweiss A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm , Alawi , Andrew Tabler , Asia , Assad family , Bashar al-Assad , Fertile Crescent , Iraq , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Israel–United States relations , Joshua Landis , Melissa Block , Middle East , Neoconservatism , Politics , Syria , Zionism
PHILIP WEISS, CGNEWS: Josh Landis’s marriage to a Syrian Alawite was judged fair game in a discussion on his views on the political situation. Why only him?
Francis Matthew Barack Obama , Central Intelligence Agency , Iraq , Politics , Shiite government in Iraq , Syria , United States
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has got itself into the confused position of fighting Sunni fighters in Iraq, but supporting some of them in Syria. FRANCIS MATTHEW: The CIA is in the position of fighting Sunni fighters in Iraq, but supporting them in Syria.
Juan Cole Bush Administration , Gulf War , high oil prices , Iraq , Iraq–United States relations , Occupation of Iraq , Rationale for the Iraq War , War on Terror
As the tenth anniversary of the launching of the Iraq War approaches, I’ll be making some comments about the episode on Informed Comment, which for the years 2003-2010 intensively covered events in Iraq. A decade is long enough for some things to become clear. The first set of issues I want to discuss has to do with the harm the war did to the United States. Coming into 2003, the US enjoyed a great deal of sympathy and solidarity from the rest of the world (including Iran) over the al-Qaeda strikes of September 11, 2001. In the aftermath of [...]
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VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: Dozens of families in Fallujah say their relatives sentenced to hang on anti-terrorism charges have been tortured. Most of the children of death-row prisoners in Fallujah were also jailed when their fathers were detained.
Ramzy Baroud Asia , Baghdad , Civil war in Iraq , Fertile Crescent , Iraq , Iraqi Armed Forces , Iraq–United States relations , James Baker , Politics , Politics of Iraq , Saddam Hussein , United Kingdom , United States , War/Conflict
RAMZY BAROUD: Ten years on from the onset of the Iraq invasion with all the horror and despair that has accumulated there is hope in the shape of a character from a children’s story
Juan Cole Afghanistan , Afghanistan National Army , al-Udeid Air Base , Ali Khamenei , America , Bahrain , Benjamin Netanyahu , Binyamin Netanyahu , Chuck Hagel , Congress , Dick Cheney , Elliot Abrams , Eric Cantor , France , George W. Bush , Iran , Iran–United States relations , Iraq , Isfahan , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Israeli Likud , Israeli Military Strength , Lindsey Graham , Mahdi Army , Mali , Manama , Michelle Bachmann , Middle East , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Nuclear program of Iran , Obama , Opposition to military action against Iran , Pakistan , Pentagon , Qatar , Shimon Peres , Somalia , Soviet Union , Tehran , United States , Washington , Yemen
JUAN COLE: President Obama’s inauguration speech is sure to trigger panic among the ‘we must have war’ crowd. But does he really mean it?
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Good times in the UAE, as the Gulf Country beats Iraq to take the Gulf Cup in 2013.
Richard Silverstein Ameer Makhoul , Amnon Lipkin-Shahak , Army , Barak , Benjamin Netanyahu , Bibi Netanyahu , Democracy , Ehud Olmert , Gaza Strip , Hamas , IDF , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Mahmoud Abbas , Meir Dagan , Menachem Begin , Middle East , Military Intelligence , Mossad , Netanyahu government , Oscars , Palestine , President , Prime Minister , Rabin , security systems , Sharon , Shin Bet , Syria , West Bank , Yuval Diskin
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: When in office they’re ramrod straight security hawks but once they leave they suddenly become ‘seers’. But the criticism is unusual in its vehemence
Tabsir Abdel Bari Atwan , Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Algeria , America , Arabic newspaper , Ayman al-Zawahiri , Editor-in-Chief , Egypt , Florida , Foreign Affairs , Gaza Strip , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Jerusalem , Leon Panetta , Libya , London , Mali , Middle East , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Pentagon , President , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , Taliban , U.S. administration , United States , Washington , West Bank , Yemen , YouTube
KHALED FATTAH, TABSIR: There is a lazy shorthand in much Western reporting on the Middle East, particularly when it comes to describing the influence of tribes
Juan Cole Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi , Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Aleppo , Algeria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , America , American embassy , Arab Spring , Baath Party in Syria , Bahrain , Bahrain’s government , Binyamin Netanyahu , David Petraeus , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , first prime minister , Gaza , Homs , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Libya , Manama , Middle East , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama administration , Oil , oil sales , Palestine , President , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , South Africa , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Syria , Tunis , Tunisia , Turkey , U.S. Congress , United States , US government , Washington , Yemen
JUAN COLE: It’s been another extraordinary year across the Middle East. Here is my take on the most significant changes this year
Steve Royston Bahrain , Christmas , Democracy , Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Middle East , Morocco , Oman , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: If you look around the Middle East today you’d have to say the region is at its most unstable in the last thirty years.
James M. Dorsey Activist , Army , Baghdad , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , East Africa , Facebook , Football , head of security. , Homs , Iraq , Joshua Landis , Kuwait , Lebanon , mechanic , Middle East , national team player , North Africa , President , Saudi Arabia , Soccer , South Korea , Syria
JAMES M. DORSEY: This weekend’s Syrian victory over Iraq in a soccer match is being seized by the regime as ‘a great national achievement’.
M.-Lynx-Qualey Artist , Ba’ath Party , BBC , Beirut , Cairo , Cyprus , Europe , France , Germany , Iraq , Istanbul , Journalism , Journalist , Khaled Mattawa , Kirkuk , Literature , London , Margaret Obank , Novelist , Poet , Poetry , prolific author , Syria , United Kingdom
AMIRA ABD EL-KHALEK, CGNEWS: He is one of the Arab World’s most revered authors and recently looked back on his life of writing.
Juan Cole Ahmad Shafiq , Alexandria , Cairo , Constituent Assembly , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Freedom and Justice Party , Iraq , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , President , United States , Wafd Party
JUAN COLE: Some of the figures coming out of the constitutional referendum cause raised eyebrows at the least. But there are deeper problems.
M.-Lynx-Qualey Artist , Baghdad , Culture , film director , Finland , Iraq , Jordan , Journalist , London , Manchester , Netherlands , Newcastle , Palestinian Territories , United States
SARAH IRVING, ARABLIT: An Iraqi refugee now based in Finland Hassan Blasim has firm views on language, violence and modern Iraq.
M.-Lynx-Qualey Ahmed Bin Shabib , Artist , Dubai , Iraq , Literature , Middle East , Novelist , Sarah Malki , The National , UAE
M. LYNX-QUALEY: The opening today of a new venue in Dubai which encourages artists and authors to meet is further evidence of the growing cultural scene in the city
