Added on 30/01/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullah , Army , Cell phones , Egypt , Henry Kissinger , Israel , Jeddah , Jordan , Middle East , Mubarak , national government , Omar Suleiman , Sadat , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , United States , Yemen
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The big question, of course, is ‘After Mubarak, what?’ I’m sure Mubarak feels, as did Louis XV, Après moi, le déluge.
Added on 28/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
Al Qaeda , Asia , Bahrain , Dubai , East Africa , Egypt , Football , Jeddah , Middle East , Morocco , New York , North Africa , oil-rich emirate , Oman , President , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Seattle , Soccer , The Huffington Post , Tunisia , United States , Washington , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: Mounting criticism of Middle Eastern nations’ failure to nurture soccer talent has created a business opportunity for European clubs.
Added on 28/01/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Algeria , Ben Ali , DC , Egypt , Gaddafi , Jordan , Libya , Mubarak , Nasser , Oil , Palestinian Territories , President , Saleh , Tunisia , Washington , Yemen
OMAR AL-ISSAWI: For years I’ve observed with great sadness Arabs who glorified the achievements of a distant past while offering nothing for the future.
Added on 27/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
Al Ahly , Al Ahram , Al Zamalek , Algeria , Amr Abdallah Dalsh , Arab government , Assad , BBC , Cairo , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian police , Football , Gamal , Hosni Mubarak , Italy , Jordan , metal , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , National Democratic Party , President , Soccer , The National , Tunisia , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: The involvement of organized soccer fans in Egypt’s anti-government protests constitutes every Arab government’s worst nightmare.
Added on 27/01/2011
Alexander McNabb
Censorship , Egypt , Facebook , Iran , Journalism , Mainstream media , Social Media , Tahrir Square , The Wall Street Journal , Tunisia , Twitter
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Blocking Twitter won’t stop word getting out. You’re as well to try and stop grains of sand falling through marbles.
Added on 25/01/2011
Hisham Wyne
America , Egypt , Fatah , Gaza , Iran , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Palestine , Palestine Liberation Organization , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , The Guardian , Tzipi Livni , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States
HISHAM WYNE: The release of the Palestine Papers will be seen as pivotal. Fundamental truths have been revealed.
Added on 24/01/2011
Alexander McNabb
Algeria , Egypt , Mauritania , Middle East , Mohammed Bouazizi , Prague , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia
ALEXANDER MCNABB: I find it hard to even think about what would drive a man to contemplate the act – the acrid stink of petrol, vapour shimmering, a scratch and whiff of phosphorous.
Added on 22/01/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Al Qaeda , al-Abidine Ben Ali , Algeria , Barack Obama , Cairo , Egypt , Food prices , London , Middle East , President , Tunisia , Tunisian government , United Kingdom , United States , US Federal Reserve , Washington , William Hague , Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
RAMZY BAROUD: Understanding Tunisia as just another “Arab regime”, another possible podium for al-Qaeda’s violence, is convenient but also unhelpful…
Added on 18/01/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Egypt , Israel , Marriage , Racism , The National , United Arab Emirates
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Politics and marriage might seem worlds apart. But recent cases suggest there are more agendas than we might think.
Added on 17/01/2011
Hisham Wyne
Algeria , Ben Ali , Democracy , Egypt , Europe , Iraq , Julian Assange , Kuwait , Libya , Mubarak , Oil states , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , Twitter , UAE , United Arab Emirates , United States , Yemen
HISHAM WYNE: Tunisa’s revolution has little to do with the ideals of democracy. It’s a simple cry for better quality of life.
Added on 15/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Al Qaeda , Algeria , Ben Ali , Darfur , East Africa , Egypt , European Union , G-8 , Hillary Clinton , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Kuwait , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , North Africa , Obama administration , Oil , Political systems , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Samir Rifai , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Somalia , Southern Sudan , southern Yemen , Sudan , Syria , Tunisia , Tunisian government , Turkey , United Nations , United States , University of Jordan , Yemen , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: A wave of protests across the Arab world sets the stage for the redrawing of the political map of the Mideast and North Africa.
Added on 12/01/2011
Osama Al Sharif
Addis Ababa , Africa , Algeria , Amman , Colonel , Darfur , Egypt , Iraq , Israel , journalist and political commentator , Khartoum , Middle East , Morocco , Oil , Osama Al Sharif , President , Southern Sudan , Sudan , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
OSAMA AL SHARIF: The modern history of Sudan is dominated by immature political and religious agendas that ignored the country’s racial, religious and economic complexities.
Added on 12/01/2011
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Algeria , Egypt , Employment , Gaza , Jordan , Lebanon , Middle East , Mohamed Bouazizi , Morocco , Social Media , Stanford University , Tunisia , Unemployment , United States Agency for International Development , West Bank , Yemen , Youth
AHMED AL OMRAN: Identity, lack of economic opportunity, freedom of expression – these are just some of the issues facing young people throughout the Arab World.
Added on 11/01/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Al Aswany , Al Masry Al Youm , Alaa al-Aswany , Alexandria , Bahaa Taher , Copts , Egypt , Galal Amin , New Year's Day , Satellite channels , Youssef Ziedan
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Egypt’s three leading contemporary novelists reflect on the origins, significance and consequences of the recent bomb attack on a Coptic church in Alexandria.
Added on 06/01/2011
Michael J. Totten
Cairo , Conspiracy Theories , Egypt , Egyptian government , Iran , Iranian government , Iran’s government , Israel , Jeffrey Goldberg , Palestine , Peace , Tehran
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.
Added on 05/01/2011
Osama Al Sharif
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Alexandria , Baghdad , Condoleezza Rice , Coptic Church , Copts , Egypt , Egyptian government , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Lebanon , Middle East , New Year's Day , Pakistan , policeman , Reuters , Secretary of State , Somalia , Sudan , Terrorism , UN Court , United States , Washington , Yemen
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…
Added on 04/01/2011
Carrington Malin
Adobe , Android , Blogging , Broadband , East Africa , Egypt , Facebook , Food and Drink , Google+ , Internet users , iPhone , Iran , Middle East , North Africa , Online media , PayPal , Print media , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Social networking , Technology , United Arab Emirates
CARRINGTON MALIN: Some of our predictions may seem a little obvious and some may seem a little extreme, but all should provide food for thought.
Added on 04/01/2011
Hasni Abidi
Abdullah , Christian Arab , Christians , Common Ground News Service , Egypt , Iraq , Michel Aflaq , Middle East , Saudi Arabia , United Nations
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.
Added on 03/01/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Al Masry Al Youm , Censorship , Egypt , Literature , Mohamed Mansi Qandil , President , Youssef Ziedan
M. LYNX QUALEY: No Arabic writers can really write about religion, for instance. People can write about politics, in some countries, they can write about sex, but the fundamental questions…
Added on 03/01/2011
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Ahmet Davutoglu , Alexandria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Ankara , Asia , Avigdor Lieberman , Bush , Christian Church , Damascus , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , Germany , Hamas , Hamid Karzai , Hosni Mubarak , House of Representatives , India , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi army , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Jordan , Justice and Development Party , Kirkuk , Lebanon , MEK , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Netanyahu government , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , Oil , Pakistan , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Paris , President , Republican Party , Swat Valley , Syria , Taliban , Tehran , Turkey , U.S. , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US government , US military , Washington , West Bank , Wikileaks , Yemen
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…
