Added on 14/12/2011
Common Ground News Service
Amr Abdallah Dalsh , Common Ground News Service , Dubai , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Libya , Syria , Tunisia , Yemen
NASSER AL SARAMI, CG NEWS: There is a relationship between the region’s new electoral experiments and the need to establish the rule of law.
Added on 05/12/2011
The Moor Next Door
Egypt , Islam , Islamic Salvation Front , Tunisia
THE MOOR NEXT DOOR: The Islamic parties of Tunisia and Egypt differ markedly, with their origins the key to understanding the differences
Added on 04/12/2011
James M. Dorsey
Ala'a Hubail , Ali Said , Australia , Bahrain , Bahrain government , Basketball , British Embassy , British police , East Africa , Egypt , Eid Al-Adha , Football , Formula 1 , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa , Hassan al-Dirazi , Libya , Manama , Martial law , Middle East , Mohammed Hubail , national basketball team player , national soccer team goalkeeper , North Africa , Political systems , Soccer , Syria , Tareq al-Fursani , the Bahrain Grand Prix , Tunisia , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: Military court sentences goalkeeper, plus two other sportsmen, despite pledge by the King to move trials to civilian courts.
Added on 29/11/2011
Juan Cole
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab League , Arab Spring , Bashar al-Assad , Democracy , Egypt , Gulf Cooperation Council , Interior Ministry , International Criminal Court , Iran , Iraq , Journalist , Kuwait , Lebanon , Middle East , Morocco , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tawakkul Karman , Tunisia , Turkey , United Nations , United States , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Events are moving quickly in the region, and here are some notable developments with implications for democracy in the Middle East.
Added on 25/11/2011
Juan Cole
Avigdor Lieberman , Barack Obama , Ben Ali , Benyamin Netanyahu , Binyamin Netanyahu , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Israeli parliament , John Stuart Mill , King David Hotel , Larry Derfner , Likud Party , Moncef Marzouki , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim party , President , Prime Minister , Stern Gang , Tahrir Square , The Jerusalem Post , Tunisia , Tunisian government , United States , Washington , West Bank , Western Europe
JUAN COLE: If there’s one person you can count on to mis-read virtually every aspect of developments in the Middle East today it’s Binyamin Netanyahu.
Added on 19/11/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Censorship , Egypt , Hizballah , Internet censorship , Israel , Libya , Literature , Saddam Hussein , Salman Rushdie , The Star , The Toronto Star , Toronto Star , Tripoli , Tunisia
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Who knows – it could set the template for a wave of such events. Libya’s ‘Book Un-Banning Ceremony’ is worth celebrating.
Added on 17/11/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Al Qaeda , Aleppo , Arab League , Army , Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , China , Damascus , Egypt , Energy , Europe , Hama , Hilary Clinton , Homs , Idlib , Libya , Libyan army , Media outlets , New York Times , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Russia , Secretary of State , Security Council , Sergei Lavrov , Syria , Syrian government , Syrian military , Syrian National Council , The Times , The Washington Post , Tunisia , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States
RAMZY BAROUD: The lines are thus drawn, between US-led Western camp and Russia and its own camp, which vehemently rejects a repeat of a Libyan scenario.
Added on 05/11/2011
David Westley
Ali Al-Naimi , Angela Merkel , Apple , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , chancellor , China , co-chair , David Cameron , Dominique Strauss-Kahn , Egypt , Forbes , France , Germany , Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani , Iran , Israel , Japan , Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan , King Abdullah , Libya , Mark Zuckerberg , Melinda Gates Foundation , Mexico , Middle East , Oil , Oprah Winfrey , Osama Bin Laden , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Recep Erdogan , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Steve Jobs , The National , Tunisia , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , United States , US Federal Reserve , Vladimir Putin , Wael Ghonim
NEWS ANALYSIS: So how does the Middle East do? Not great, but Saudi’s King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud is in the top 10, at number 7.
Added on 30/10/2011
Juan Cole
Al-Nahda , Algeria , Islamic Salvation Front , Le Monde , Tunisia , Tunisian elections
JUAN COLE: The latter two mentioned are secular, and al-Nahda needs these secular allies to run the government, not to mention achieve a majority.
Added on 25/10/2011
Rania Al Malky
Al Adha , Al Rai , Al-Wafd party , Arabian Peninsula , Army , Bashar al-Assad , BBC , CNN , Damascus , Egypt , Eid Al-Adha , Iraq , Journalist , Libya , Media freedom , Mubarak , National Transitional Council , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , political exclusion law , Saddam Hussein , Syria , Tunisia , United States , Yemen
RANIA AL MALKY: Is it logical that the ousted Mubarak, responsible for the disintegration of Egypt’s institutions is now living in a five-star hospital suite…
Added on 24/10/2011
James Mullan
Ben Ali , Democracy , Gaza , Hamas , Islamist , Islamist party , President , Tunisia
NEWS ANALYSIS: With their erstwhile leader rattling around a presumably luxurious villa in Jeddah, Tunisians have had their first shot at genuine democracy.
Added on 23/10/2011
David Westley
Egypt , GCC , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Middle East , mp3 , Oman , Qatar , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , World Bank
NEWS ANALYSIS: The World Bank report ignores uniqueness. Could you honestly say that Saudi Arabia is a more hospitable place than the UAE?
Added on 21/10/2011
Juan Cole
Abu Salim prison , Arab League , Baghdad , Beirut , Brazil , congressman , Egypt , Food and Drink , International Criminal Court , Jim Jones , Jonestown , Liberia , Libya , Mediterranean , Myanmar , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Oil production , Oil states , Poland , President , Qaddafi , Scotland , Security Council , Sierra Leone , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Tunisia
JUAN COLE: The demise of Qaddafi means there’s a contiguous bloc of 100 million Arabs who’ve thrown off dictatorship. The violent end was inevitable.
Added on 20/10/2011
Common Ground News Service
Bahrain , Democracy , Egypt , Internet access , IPad , Social Media , Tunisia , Twitter
SAMAH HUSSAIN, CGNEWS: Social media has been credited with playing a major role in the revolutions of the last nine months but it’s had a huge impact on my political involvement during that time.
Added on 16/10/2011
The Moor Next Door
Afghanistan , Ben Ali , Democracy , Eileen Byrne , Iran , Islamist party , Journalist , Progress Party , The Financial Times , The Washington Post , Tunis , Tunisia , Turkey
THE MOOR NEXT DOOR: With a week to go before Tunisia’s national election anticipation is mounting. With more than 100 parties contesting which of them is set to emerge victorious?
Added on 16/10/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Adel Al-Jubeir , Africa , Atlantic coast , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , East Africa , Egypt , Europe , Gilad Shalit , Hamas , Hizballah , Human Rights Watch , Iran , Iraq , Islamist government , Israel , Libya , Mahmoud Abbas , Manama , Massachusetts , Mexico , Middle East , North Africa , Obama administration , Oil , Palestine Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Quds Force , Salesman , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Texas , Tunisia , Turkey , United States , US government , Washington , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: The people power movement has the most to lose and could find itself in the grinder as the United States, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Iran jockey for power.
Added on 11/10/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Ankara , Arabs , Bahrain , Bar Ilan University , Bulgaria , Davos , Egypt , France , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Germany , Hamas , Iran , Israel , Istanbul , Mediterranean coast , President , Prime Minister , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Russia , Shimon Peres , Syria , Tel Aviv , Tourism , Tunisia , Turkey , United Kingdom , United Nations , World Economic Forum
ROB L. WAGNER: Shopkeepers easily transition from Turkish to Russian, Polish and German. Yet Hebrew, once among the languages, is virtually non-existent.
Added on 06/10/2011
Common Ground News Service
Ben Ali , Bulgaria , China , Civil society , Democracy , Free media , Georgia , Journalism , Journalist , Media freedom , President , Responsible media , South Africa , Tunisia , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
MOURAD TEYEB, CGNEWS: ‘With freedom comes responsibility’ goes the saying. The Tunisian media need to start taking their’s seriously.
Added on 30/09/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Abu Dhabi , Arab Spring , Bahrain , Banking , Dubai , East Africa , Egypt , fencing , GCC , Gulf Cooperation Council , handball , Jordan , Kuwait , Libya , Manama , Middle East , Morocco , North Africa , Oil , oil prices , Oil wealth , Oman , Pandora's box , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Sultan Qaboos bin Said , Syria , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: Their reluctance to be proactive rather than reactive has so far shielded the GCC from the revolt. The question is for how long, and what’s the price?
Added on 26/09/2011
Juan Cole
Bahrain , Bahrain government , Barack Obama , Binyamin Netanyahu , Egypt , France , Gaza , Harry Truman , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Israeli government , Libya , Manama , Middle East , Nigeria , Obama , Obama administration , Oslo , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Saudi Arabia , Tel Aviv , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , Washington , West Bank
JUAN COLE: Obama has squandered the positives by pandering to the right wing forces in Manama and Tel Aviv. This is change the Arab youth won’t be able to believe in.
