Added on 26/06/2013
Tabsir
al Barnamaj , Asia , Bashar al-Assad , Bin Laden , Central Intelligence Agency , Entertainment/Culture , Humor , Joke , KGB , Monkey , Satire , Syria
TABSIR: Jon Stewart’s recent appearance on Bassem Youssef’s Egyptian show underscores the power that satirists have to unsettle holders of power
Added on 03/06/2012
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Baath Party in Syria , Baghdad , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Bin Laden , Damascus , Eastern Mediterranean , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , George W. Bush , Governor , Hamas , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Mediterranean , Middle East , Mitt Romney , Muslim Brotherhood , Northern Iraq , President , Qatar , Republican Party , Romney , Syria , Syrian Muslim Brotherhood , Tripoli , Tunisia , Turkey , United States , West Bank , Workers Party
JUAN COLE: Mitt Romney is flip-flopping on whether ‘Muslims Are Bad’ or that the U.S should supply them with sophisticated weapons.
Added on 02/05/2012
Juan Cole
Actor , Al Qaeda , Anders Breivik , Barack Obama , Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , Bin Laden , Damascus , Egypt , Gingrich , Governor , Guinea , Hamas , Hassan Nasrallah , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Israel , Jimmy Carter , Joe Biden , Lebanon , Lord’s Resistance Army , Middle East , Mitt Romney , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt , Muslim Brotherhood of Syria , Newt Gingrich , Osama Bin Laden , Palestinian Territories , President , Ron Paul , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Syrian Muslim Brotherhood , Tunisia , Turkey , United States , US Elections
JUAN COLE: Romney clearly doesn’t have the slightest idea what he is talking about, and seems intent on alienating 1.5 billion Muslims
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 03/09/2011
Tabsir
9/11 , Afghanistan , America , Bin Laden , Hawaii , Islam , Lenin , Mexico , Middle East , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Philippines , Puerto Rico , Spain , Twin Towers , United States
DANIEL M. VARISCO: “We Shall Never Forget” is a masterpiece in truth-twisting and bigotry. The bad news is that it’s a coloring book aimed at U.S. children.
Added on 30/05/2011
Tabsir
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Ali Abdullah Saleh , America , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Bin Laden , Bush Administration , Egypt , Europe , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Libya , Middle East , Mubarak , Nobel committee , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Oil wealth , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Qaddafi , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Taliban , Tunisia , United Nations , United States , Vietnam , Yemen
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Where there was once optimism of fundamental change taking hold as a spirit of freedom swept the region, there is now growing pessimism.
Added on 09/05/2011
James M. Dorsey
Activist , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bashar al-Assad , Beirut , Bin Laden , Censorship , Colonel , East Africa , Electricity , Facebook , Foreign media , Libya , Media , Media outlets , Mediterranean , Middle East , Moammar Qaddafi , North Africa , Osama Bin Laden , President , Syria , Syrian government , Syrian military , Tripoli , Twitter , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: Embattled regimes have failed in their effort to choke off independent reporting to ensure that their version of events dominates the news.
Added on 09/05/2011
Andrew Mackay
Abbottabad , Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , BBC , Bin Laden , Central Intelligence Agency , CNN , Margaret Thatcher , Media , News media , Obama , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Pakistani intelligence , President , Prime Minister , United Kingdom , United States , US administration , US President , Washington
ANDREW MACKAY: Even the BBC’s Washington correspondent noted how adroitly the US administration had trod the line between triumphalism and glee at bin Laden’s death.
Added on 04/05/2011
Steve Royston
Al Qaeda , Ali Shah , America , Baluchistan , Bin Laden , India , Middle East , Obama , Osama , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , President , Riyadh , Saddam Hussain , Somalia , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: For a man who so craved attention to spend his final years locked up in that villa must have felt like a living death.
Added on 03/05/2011
The Moor Next Door
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Barack Obama , Bin Laden , Egypt , Mubarak , Obama , Osama Bin Laden , President , Saudi Arabia , United States
TMND: Bin Laden’s death will have an important psychological affect on Americans (particularly given the popular and public response) and their overall view of the War on Terrorism.
Added on 19/04/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Bin Laden , Democracy , Europe , France , Gaddafi , Geneva , Hannibal , Indonesia , Iran , Libya , Muammar Gaddafi , Muslim Brotherhood , Niqab , Oil supplies , President , Saudi Arabia , Switzerland , Terry Jones , Women
OMAR AL ISSAWI: Playing the victim, engendering sympathy and hurling accusations of conspiracy, persecution and discrimination will only get a cause so far…
Added on 16/04/2011
Steve Royston
Arabian Peninsula , Bahrain , Bin Laden , David Cameron , European Union , G20 , GCC , Immigration , Jeddah , Madinah , Makkah , Middle East , Oil , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Syria , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: Add to the mix pressure on borders from poorer neighbouring countries, and you can predict immigration will be on the agenda for years.
Added on 13/03/2011
Eman-Al-Nafjan
Al Qaeda , Bin Laden , Civil society , Egypt , Facebook , Fouad al-Farhan , Middle East , Saudi Arabia , SMS , Tear gas , Tunisia , Twitter
EMAN AL NAFJAN: Division, governmental communications, heavy security – there are many reasons why protest failed to ignite in Saudi last Friday.
