Declaration of Palestine: Revisiting Hope & Failure
RAMZY BAROUD: The Palestinian leadership needs to embrace partners of old, from the time before Oslo, the “peace process”, the Roadmap and all the other broken promises...…
…And Our Survey Says: It’s Good to Talk
SARA REEF: A major survey conducted across 55 countries to test the state of relations between the Muslim world and the West...…
Oil Price Rise means a Happy 2011 in Tehran
JUAN COLE: While U.S consumers bemoan oil price rises it's smiles all round in Iran. The OPEC chair is in no hurry to do anything about spiraling costs. …
He Who Got Slapped: Ahmadinejad
DAVID ROBERTS: Under a section titled ‘He who got slapped’ someone from the US Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan reported the confrontation...…
Conspiracy, Stupidity Hovers over Iran, Egypt
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: There's nothing the Israelis can do to appease this stupidity. They are hated in part because the people who hate them are mad.…
Religious Strife, a Huge Win for Arab Enemies
OSAMA AL SHARIF: Christians are not the only victims of sectarian terror: Mosques, shrines, religious parades have been targeted indiscriminately, affecting Sunnis, Shias and other sects...…
Why We Must Speak up for Arab Christians
HASNI ABIDI: The spate of recent attacks on Christians throughout the Arab world has thrown into focus the urgent need to defend their contribution across all areas of life. …
Top 10 Middle East Challenges for U.S. Policy, 2011
JUAN COLE: The Obama administration has been successful in tightening the financial noose on Iran during 2010, but Iran could fight back like a cornered rat...…
Breaking News: Explosions in Egypt – Updated
ZEINOBIA, BREAKING: Huge explosion heard, according to early media reports it took place in front of the All saints church at the Khalil Hamda street. Many dead - media reports.…
Hope in 2011: People and Civil Society Stand Tall
When the Iraqi army fell before invading US and British troops in…
