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The people defining the region. Not always happily.
Norman Finkelstein: No Traitor to the Palestinian Cause
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: His recent comments surprised many but his defence of Palestine remains resolute. …
The Shadid Legacies: Linked by a Common Humanity
ANOUAR MAJID, TABSIR: The sudden demise of Anthony Shadid calls to mind the work of one of his relations. …
Omar Offendum: No Manager, No Label, Just Rap
RACHEL MCARTHUR: Born in Saudi Arabia to Syrian parents, Omar was raised in the United States and has been rapping for almost a decade. …
A Work of Art: The Football Maker of Marrakech
DEREK WORKMAN, THE VIEW FROM FEZ: It's a complicated inside-out puzzle and only a few people around the world now practice the art. …
The Voice No More: Arab World Mourns Whitney Houston
JUAN COLE: Arab musicians and artists have been fulsome in their praise of Whitney Houston who died yesterday. …
The ‘Gingrich Newt’: Less Amphibious, More Reptilian
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Adelson would explicitly reject the dictum, kol yisrael erayvim zeh ba-zeh (“All Israel is bound up on in the other”).…
My Proud Arab Past: An Arab Jew Speaks
NAAVA MASHIAH, CGNEWS: I have a love of Arabic music and poetry to an extent that baffles my father. Not unusual really since we're Israeli Jews…
New Head of Saudi Religious Police: A Moderate?
CROSSROADS ARABIA: A well known supporter of the right of women to work Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Sheikh still has a traditional view of their place within Saudi society. …
A Force for Freedom, Mohamed Hashem
M.LYNX-QUALEY: At a press conference today, award-winning author Mohamed Hashem was the target of accusations by the SCAF's General Adel Emara.…