Added on 22/09/2011
Mondoweiss
Israel , Obama , Palestine , United States
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: It’s come to this. No-one in mainstream American politics, it appears, is willing to say a word that will risk losing the Jewish voters and donors who back Israeli discrimination.
Added on 21/09/2011
Crossroads Arabia
General Assembly , Israel , Mahmoud Abbas , New York , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , President , Saudi Arabia , Security Council , Turki al-Faisal , United Nations , United States , Washington
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Another casualty of the upcoming UN vote on Palestinian statehood is likely to be relations between the United States and its long-term ally Saudi Arabia.
Added on 20/09/2011
Lucy Emmerson
Arab League , Army , Barack Obama , Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , China , Egypt , European Union , France , Gulf Co-operation Council , Iran , Lebanon , Libya , Maher al-Assad , Oil , President , Republicans , Russia , Syria , Syrian government , Turkey , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , William Hague
LUCY EMMERSON: There are still more who believe that a regime which has killed in excess of 2,200 peaceful protesters in the past 6 months cannot stand
Added on 19/09/2011
Juan Cole
Alan Grayson , Binyamin Netanyahu , Fateh , France , General Assembly , Germany , Israel , Israeli government , Jordan , Likud Party , Mahmoud Abbas , Netanyahu government , Netherlands , Obama , Oslo , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , UN General Assembly , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , US government , West Bank
JUAN COLE: The Palestinians are heading to the U.N this week hoping to change the dynamics of the wretched situation they find themselves in.
Added on 17/09/2011
Mondoweiss
Abbas , Benjamin Netanyahu , Bibi , Catherine Ashton , David Hale , Dennis Ross , Envoy , European Union , International Criminal Court , Israel , Jerusalem , New York city , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Palestinian UN , Prime Minister , Tony Blair , United Nations , United States
IRA GLUNTS, MONDOWEISS: Bibi is willing to negotiate anything, as long it does not include what the Palestinians want. In this case, it is recognition of a Palestinian state by the UN.
Added on 15/09/2011
James Mullan
America , British Council , Europe , Georgetown University , Islam , Kara Hadge , Melody Moezzi , Middle East , Professor of Sociology , Sarah Joseph , UN Alliance of Civilizations , United Nations Alliance of Civilizations , United States , www.oursharedfuture.org , www.unaoc.org
KARA HADGE, MARC SCHEUER, CGNEWS: An initiative launched recently confronts many of the common misconceptions that are held by non-Muslims.
Added on 14/09/2011
Crossroads Arabia
9/11 , Abdullah , Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Crown Prince , Iraq , Mecca , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Terrorism , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: When Saudi awoke, it acted decisively. Its war against Al-Qaeda was successful in driving the group out of the Kingdom, though at some cost.
Added on 14/09/2011
David Roberts
2022 World Cup , Doha , Emir , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , United States
DAVID ROBERTS: Qatar’s growing international recognition is bringing with it a host of problems and as we get closer to 2022 the noise of protest is only set to increase.
Added on 12/09/2011
The Moor Next Door
Benghazi , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Chicago , Civil society , Eileen Byrne , Italy , Journalist , Liberia , Libya , News media , Nicaragua , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Ramadan , Rwanda , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Tunis , Tunisia , Uganda , United States , Western Libya , Yemen
EILEEN BYRNE, TMND: Now that Qaddafi’s regime has been unseated thoughts of the men who did the fighting are turning to the nation’s immediate priorities.
Added on 12/09/2011
Juan Cole
9/11 , Abdel Bari Atwan , Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Barack Obama , Ben Ali , Bin Laden , Bush Administration , Cairo , Central Intelligence Agency , Dick Cheney , Donald Rumsfeld , Egypt , George W. Bush , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Israel , Journalist , Libya , Martin Luther King Jr. , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Mustafa Abdel Jalil , national government , Northern Pakistan , oil fields , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , Pentagon , President , Ronald Reagan , Saudi Arabia , Sayyid Qutb , Tahrir Square , Taliban , Tunisia , United Nations , United States , US government , Washington , Western Europe , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Al Qaeda’s vision for the Arab World has been comprehensively rejected. It appears that Arabs – in particular, young Arabs – are prepared to put their lives on the line, not for a Caliphate, but for parliamentary democracy.
Added on 12/09/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Electricity , London , Nuclear energy , Oil , Oil exporter , Oil revenues , peak oil , Reuters , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The current rate at which Saudis are consuming water is simply unsustainable. Drastic action needs to be taken. And soon.
Added on 11/09/2011
mai abdul rahman
9/11 , Department of Homeland Security , Department of State , Facebook , Federal Bureau of Investigation , Terrorism , United States
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Muslim Americans are also mourning the loss of our belief in the ideal of a country that would protect our constitutional rights.
Added on 11/09/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Activist , ARAMCO , ASBAR Center for Studies , Bahrain , Board of Grievances , Cairo , communication technology , Dammam , Egypt , Emir , European Union , Facebook , Fahd , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Grievances , Hamas , Hatton Al-Fassi , Holy Qur'an , Islam , Islamic Ennahda Party , Jeddah , John F Kennedy , Journalist , King Abdullah , King Saud University , King Saud University in Riyadh , Libya , London School of Economics , Madinah , Makkah , Middle East , Mohammed Fahad Al-Qahtani , Morocco , MTV , Muslim Brotherhood , Nadia Bakhurji , News media , Nora bint Abdullah Al-Fayez , North Africa , oil industry , Prophet Muhammad , Richard Nixon , Riyadh , Saud bin Abdul Aziz , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Council of Engineers , Saudi government , Shoura Council , Social Media , Syria , Tabuk , Tahrir Square , Tunisia , Tunisian government , Twitter , United States , Women's Rights , Yemen
ROB L. WAGNER: There has been a lot of criticism of Saudi Arabia’s upcoming municipal elections. Some groups, however, know how best to work the system.
Added on 08/09/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Abbas , Barack Obama , Congress , Geneva , Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , Iran , Irving Moskowitz , Israel , Jerusalem , John Bolton , Libya , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , The Huffington Post , The Jerusalem Post , The Washington Post , UN Human Rights Council , United Nations , United States , US government , Western European
RAMZY BAROUD: It seems that there is nothing that Ileana Ros-Lehtinen will not do or say to support Israeli interests.
Added on 07/09/2011
Common Ground News Service
9/11 , Africa , Al Qaeda , Democracy , Egypt , Hassan bin Talal , Jordan , Middle East , Palestinian Territories , Tunisia , United States
HRH PRINCE EL HASSAN BIN TALAL, CGNEWS: It’s been a tumultuous decade defined in large part by violence and death but how different is the Middle East today?
Added on 06/09/2011
The Moor Next Door
Africa , African Union , Algeria , Algerian government , Arab League , China , Europe , Libya , Libyan government , Morocco , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Qaddafi , Russia , Sahara , South Africa , The Maghreb , United States , Western Sahara
TMND: It’s becoming clearer by the day that Algeria played a key role in supporting the Qadhafi regime, particularly in its dark, late days. The Algerians face some very uncomfortable questions
Added on 06/09/2011
The View From Fez
Europe , Health , Las Vegas , Ministry of Agriculture , Moroccan desert , Morocco , Oil , oil industry , Paris , United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization , United States , Women , Women's issues
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: The many properties and benefits of Morocco’s Argan Oil have been known for a very long time but they’ve suddenly come to the attention of film stars and other celebrities. Good news?
Added on 06/09/2011
American Bedu
9/11 , America , Associated Press , Caribbean , Central Intelligence Agency , DC , India , John F Kennedy , Middle East , New Delhi , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Embassy , United States , Virginia , Washington , World Trade Center
AMERICAN BEDU: I was in CIA Headquarters in Virginia and my soon-to-be Saudi husband was in Pakistan on the day the whole world remembers.
Added on 05/09/2011
David Roberts
UAE , United States , Women , Women's issues
DAVID ROBERTS: It’s always interesting to see how Western media choose to represent women from the Middle East. A slideshow published on U.S website ‘Salon’ featuring Emirati women is instructive.
Added on 04/09/2011
mai abdul rahman
Christians , Civil society , Department of State , Envoy , Gaza , George Mitchell , International Court of Justice , Israel , Israeli government , Jerusalem , lead broker , legitimate tool , Middle East , Obama , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , political tools , President , South Africa , U.S. Congress , United Nations , United States , West Bank , White House
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: The consistent failure of American intervention to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli issue has led Palestinians to take matters into their own hands. This strategy is paying off.
