Added on 18/03/2014
mai abdul rahman
America , Arab , Arab citizens of Israel , Arab people , Arab world , Asia , Diane Rehm , Donna Shalala , Ethnic groups in the Arab League , Iraq , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , North Africa , Racism in the Arab world , Social Issues , United States , Zaha Hadid
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: They have played, and continue to play, a vital role in U.S society but their voices go unheard.
Added on 17/02/2014
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , America , American Muslims , Antisemitism in the United States , Anwar al-Awlaki , Central Intelligence Agency , Department of Justice , Edward Snowden , Eric Holder , Extrajudicial killing , Islam , Islamic terrorism , Islamism , Obama administration , Pakistan , Politics , Presidency of Barack Obama , President , Religion , Robert Gibbs , United States , United States government , Unmanned aerial vehicle , White House , Yemen
PETER VAN BUREN, INFORMED COMMENT: Drone attacks on U.S nationals overseas could be a portent of things to come at home.
Added on 24/01/2014
Ramzy Baroud
ambassadors , American Israel Public Affairs Committee , Avigdor Lieberman , Benjamin Netanyahu , Defense Minister , European Union , Israel , Israeli settlement , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , John Kerry , Middle East , Palestinian Territories , Politics , Reactions to the Gaza flotilla raid , United States , West Bank
RAMZY BAROUD: There are a lot of confused people sitting in Washington waiting to hear how they should keep Israel happy.
Added on 03/01/2014
Mondoweiss
American Israel Public Affairs Committee , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Jewish history , John Kerry , Nationalism , Palestine , Peter Beinart , Political philosophy , Politics , Religion/Belief , Two-state solution , United States , Washington , Zionism
PHILIP WEISS: 2014 is set to be a pivotal year for ‘the lobby’ in the United States, according to a leading commentator
Added on 02/11/2013
Juan Cole
Asia , Civil war in Iraq , Iraq , Iraq War , Iraqi insurgency , Mexico , Nouri al-Maliki , Politics , Politics of Iraq , Sunni , Syria , United States , War/Conflict , Washington
JUAN COLE: Nouri Al-Maliki is in Washington pushing for increased U.S involvement in his country’s affairs. I have one word of advice to President Obama – resist!
Added on 29/10/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Al Qaeda , Asia , Fertile Crescent , Foreign relations of Iraq , Iraq , Iraqi insurgency , Levant , Member states of the Arab League , Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Member states of the United Nations , Middle East , Politics , Syria , United States , War/Conflict
RAMZY BAROUD: The sectarian genie that was released via the US invasion of Iraq is now running rampant around the Middle East
Added on 16/10/2013
Mondoweiss
Al Qaeda , Central Intelligence Agency , Drone attacks in Pakistan , Government , Government of Afghanistan , Islam , Islamism , Nabila , Organized crime , Pakistan , Politics , Politics of Afghanistan , President , Taliban , Unmanned aerial vehicle , War in Afghanistan , War on Terror
MONDOWEISS: In an open letter to President Obama a young Pakistani woman welcomes his meeting with Malala but asks about victims of U.S drone strikes
Added on 07/09/2013
Common Ground News Service
Burqa , Clothing , Culture , Dresses , Entertainment/Culture , Headgear , Headscarf , Hijab , Islam and women , Lady Gaga , Niqab , Purdah , Scarves , Social Issues
KEZIA RIDGEWAY, CGNEWS: It’s not suprising that Lady Gaga has lit on the burqa as a garb-of-controversy but she could use the debate more constructively
Added on 05/09/2013
Mondoweiss
Al-Assad family , America , American Israel Public Affairs Committee , Asia , Assad family , Barack Obama , Bashar al-Assad , Chemical weapons , Chuck Hagel , Congress , Henry Waxman , International reactions to the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising , Iran , Israel , Israel lobby in the United States , Middle East , Mira Resnick , Politics , Republican Jewish Coalition , Senate , Syria , Syrian uprising , United States , War/Conflict , White House
MONDOWEISS: As the vote in Congress nears there is one group of ‘cheerleaders for war’ who are working particularly hard.
Added on 03/09/2013
Mondoweiss
American Israel Public Affairs Committee , Asia , Barack Obama , Chemical weapons , Congress , Fertile Crescent , Levant , Obama , Politics , President , Social Issues , Syria , United States , War/Conflict
MONDOWEISS: Is he about extracting the U.S from costly and involved foreign conflict or in favour of same? Maybe he’s the Drone Strike President?
Added on 31/08/2013
Juan Cole
David Cameron , George W. Bush , Gulf War , Iraq , Rationale for the Iraq War , Saddam Hussein , Special Relationship , Syria , Tony Blair
The heavy propaganda for an Iraq War waged by the Bush administration and the Blair government in 2002-2003 came back to haunt the Anglo-American alliance on Thursday when the British parliament voted 285 to 272 not to authorize a military strike on Syria.
JUAN COLE: The heavy propaganda for an Iraq War waged by Bush, Blair governments came back to haunt the alliance on Thursday when parliament voted not to authorize a military strike on Syria.
Added on 17/08/2013
Francis Matthew
Barack Obama , Barack Obama foreign policy , Hassan Rouhani , Iran , Obama administration
FRANCIS MATTHEW: Rouhani’s new and pragmatic approach will give Obama another test, as it will force the administration to be clear about whether its real goal is a nuclear settlement…
Added on 14/08/2013
James M. Dorsey
Arab world , Egypt , Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa , John Kerry , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , United States
JAMES M. DORSEY: To maintain its tightrope act, the Obama administration will have to draw a clear distinction between peaceful, legitimate and democratic expression of dissent and terrorism.
Added on 14/08/2013
Juan Cole
Foreign relations of Iran , India , Iran , Iran–United States relations , U.S. sanctions against Iran
Not since President Roosevelt told Japan in July 1941 that he was going to cut it off from American petroleum has the United States threatened to use oil to strangle a country so completely.
JUAN COLE: Not since President Roosevelt told Japan in July 1941 that he was going to cut it off from American petroleum has the United States threatened to use oil to strangle a country so completely.
Added on 10/08/2013
mai abdul rahman
Eid , Islam , Nidal Malik Hasan , United States
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: American Muslims do not understand why the U.S. government and military chose to publicly try Hasan on the first day of Eid Al-Fitr celebrations.
Added on 25/07/2013
Juan Cole
Anthony Weiner , Asia , Congress , Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority , Gaza Strip , Gaza War , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Joseph Massad , Mahatma Gandhi , Middle East , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian Territories , Palestinian terrorism , Politics , State of Palestine , United Nations General Assembly observers , War/Conflict , West Bank , Western Asia
JUAN COLE: Weiner’s been caught out again. The really big deal about him though is his unwavering support for virulently anti-Palestinian policies
Added on 22/07/2013
Crossroads Arabia
Arab culture , Arab people , Arabic language , Asharq Al-Awsat , Asia , Elliott Colla , Entertainment/Culture , Georgetown University , Languages of Africa , Languages of Asia , Riyadh , Tariq Alhomayed
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Selling Arabic literature, in translation, to a U.S audience is particularly challenging
Added on 22/07/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Afghan Civil War , Al Qaeda , Allegations of support system in Pakistan for Osama bin Laden , Central Intelligence Agency , Islam , Islamic terrorism , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Politics , Reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden , Religion , September 11 attacks , United States , US government , US military , US National Security Agency , War in Afghanistan , War on Terror
RAMZY BAROUD: Hard to win and lost in an instant, it’s trust. The U.S seems to be unconcerned about its diminishing reputation in the world
Added on 20/07/2013
Juan Cole
Africa , Arab world , Economy of Egypt , Egypt , Foreign relations of Egypt , Geography of Egypt , Liquefied natural gas , Macro-engineering , Politics , Red Sea , Suez , Suez Canal , United States
JUAN COLE: Recent events in Egypt don’t seem to hold much appeal for the major news corporations in the U.S but all Americans have a stake in what happens there
Added on 01/07/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Ankara , Arab Spring , Asia , Bashar al-Assad , David Cameron , Europe , European Union , Foreign relations of Turkey , France , Germany , Israel , Istanbul , Member states of the United Nations , Middle East , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Politics , Politics of Turkey , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Syria , Syria–Turkey relations , Tayyip Erdogan , Turkey , United States , War/Conflict , Western Asia
RAMZY BAROUD: You can be sure that whatever turmoil is happening in the Middle East the hands of the West will be present
