Added on 13/03/2011
Mich Cafe
America , American University of Beirut , Beirut , Damascus , Europe , F. Najia , Istanbul , Lebanon , Mich Cafe , Middle East , midwife , Pennsylvania , President , Prime Minister , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , University of Pennsylvania , Women
MICH CAFE, F. NAJIA: The Lebanese woman’s journey from “the age of the veil” to the relative freedom of “the age of the bikini” was a fairly quick one, but the path to ‘freedom’ was paved not by “circumstances” alone.
Added on 13/03/2011
Jonathan Cook
Abu Dhabi , Angela Merkel , Arab League , Avigdor Lieberman , Barack Obama , BBC , Benjamin Netanyahu , chancellor , Ehud Barak , Europe , France , Gaza , Germany , Haaretz , Hamas , Hizbollah , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Israel Radio , Jordan , Jordan Valley , Lebanon , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Tel Aviv University , The Jerusalem Post , The National , Turkey , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , Washington , West Bank , White House
JONATHAN COOK: Benjamin Netanyahu’s advisers conceded last week that the Israeli prime minister is more downcast than they have ever seen him.
Added on 05/03/2011
Syria News Wire
Asma al-Assad , First Lady , Hamas , Iran , Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Max Fisher , Rania , Syria , Tunisia , United States , United States Army
SYRIA NEWS WIRE: Vogue has responded to the controversy caused by its profile of Asma al-Assad. There’s hypocrisy in the charges being laid at her door.
Added on 27/02/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz , Al Waleed Bin Talal , Bahrain , BBC , Crown Prince , Facebook , Gulf , Gulf News , Iran , Jeddah , Kuwait , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Mishaal Al Gergawi , Nayef bin Abdul Aziz , New York Times , Oman , Qatar , Saudi , Saudi Arabia , Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa , UAE , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: The different characteristics of Gulf countries are being revealed in how demands for reform are being made, and in the reaction.
Added on 25/02/2011
Jonathan Cook
Anwar Sadat , Army , Benjamin Netanyahu , Camp David , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian army , Ehud Barak , F-35 , Gabi Ashkenazi , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Gaza , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Israeli army , Israeli military , Israeli Military Strength , Lebanon , Middle East , Military hardware , Olive oil , Prime Minister , Tel Aviv , United States , Washington
JONATHAN COOK: Israel has always presented itself as ‘the villa in the jungle’. The military in ‘the villa’ see an opportunity to secure additional U.S. largess.
Added on 23/02/2011
Steve Royston
Abdulaziz , Abdullah , Arabian Peninsula , Bahrain , Baluchistan , British Embassy , Democracy , East Africa , elected president , Facebook , Faisal , Fifa World Cup , France , GCC , George W. Bush , Hosni Mubarak , India , Iran , Iraq , Istanbul , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Muammar Gaddafi , North Africa , Oil , Oil and gas , Oil Embargo , oil prices , oil revenue , Oil revenues , Oil wealth , Palestinian Territories , Pearl Roundabout , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Scotland , Social Media , Tahrir Square , Tripoli , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Winston Churchill , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: This post is more than a five-minute read. I apologise, but I don’t apologise: Sometimes you need more than a few hundred words.
Added on 21/02/2011
Michael J. Totten
Afghanistan , Africa , Algeria , America , Basketball , Beirut , Bolivia , Brussels , Colonel , Costa Rica , Darfur , Fateh , France , Green Square , Guatemala , Hawaii , Internet cafés , Italy , Kansas , Law , Lawrence , Lebanon , Libya , London , Los Angeles , Mediterranean , Mediterranean Sea , Middle East , Morocco , Muammar Qaddafi , New York , North Korea , Oil , Palestinian Territories , Paris , Pepsi , Philippines , Prague , President , Sahara , Seattle , shopkeeper , Tel Aviv , travel ban , Tripoli , Tunisia , Turkey , United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization , US Federal Reserve , Vienna
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Two years ago I spent time in Libya. It seems like a good time to revisit my experience of a kind people but an overarching, clamping presence.
Added on 20/02/2011
Mich Cafe
AED , Beirut , Entrepreneur , Entrepreneurship , EUR , Finance , Lebanon , United Kingdom , YouTube
MICH CAFE: Despite initial skepticism, Mich Cafe finds much to like in a program that promotes entrepreneurship through education, finance and networking.
Added on 09/02/2011
Omar al-Issawi
America , blindness , Clinton , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Lebanese army , Lebanon , Manitoba , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama , President , Ronald Reagan , U.S. , United States , Washington
OMAR AL-ISSAWI: Please show respect to these people who have sacrificed their lives, shed blood, endured brutality, battled a 21st Century cavalry of camels…
Added on 03/02/2011
Brit in Beirut
Egypt , Egypt Protests , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Middle East , Syria , Syrian military , Tunisia , Yemen
BRITINBEIRUT: The events in Egypt came as a surprise to many (not least, it appears, the U.S State Department), however in the Middle East conflict is never far from the surface.
Added on 02/02/2011
Mondoweiss
Abdullah , Abdullah II , Alexandria , Anwar Sadat , Argentina , Army , Barack Obama , Ben Ali , Bolivia , Brazil , Bush , Cairo , Camp David , Chile , Egypt , Egyptian government , France , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Gaza , Haaretz , Hillary Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Human Rights Watch , Interior Ministry , International Atomic Energy Agency , Interpol , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jimmy Carter , Jonestown , Jordan , Joshua Landis , Latin America , Lebanon , Mahmoud Abbas , Menachem Begin , Middle East , military officer , Mohamed elBaradei , Mohammed Bouazizi , Mubarak's government , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama administration , October Bridge , Oil , oil producers , Omar Suleiman , P. J. Crowley , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Paraguay , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Ramallah , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Sidi Bouzid , Silvan Shalom , Social Media , Suez , Suez Canal , Suzanne Mubarak , Tunisia , U.S embassy , U.S. , U.S. military , United Kingdom , United States , Uruguay , Usher , Washington , White House , Workers Party , Yemen
PHYLLIS BENNIS, MONDOWEISS: Do the principles on which the U.S. was founded apply to more than 300 million Arabs?
Added on 30/01/2011
Naseem Tarawnah
Condoleezza Rice , Department of State , Ehud Olmert , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Peace , Prime Minister , Reuters , Secretary of State , Syria , Tzipi Livni , United States
NASEEM TARAWNAH: The Palestine Papers may not reveal earth-shattering facts, they have, though, given us insights into the main characters.
Added on 29/01/2011
Common Ground News Service
Beirut , Lebanon
DAVID BEATTY: There’s an aspect of South African society called ‘ubuntu’ – it means ‘interconnectedness’. It could point the way for Lebanon.
Added on 26/01/2011
Common Ground News Service
American University of Beirut , Beirut , Civil society , Dubai , Emir , Facebook , Jordan , Journalist , Lebanese parliament , Lebanon , Media outlets , Middle East , Nasser Al-Missned , Online media , Project Manager , Qatar , Social Media , Social networking , Twitter , YouTube
HANI NAIM: The conclusion is no one is immune to social media. Activists, Governments, journalists are all now trying to harness its power in the Arab world.
Added on 24/01/2011
Juan Cole
Abdel Bari Atwan , Diana Buttu , Fatah , Gaza , Hamas , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Journalist , Lebanon , London , Mahmoud Abbas , Olmert government , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Authority , President , Qatar , Saeb Erekat , The Guardian , United Nations
JUAN COLE: The 1600 documents leaked to Al Jazeerah could spell the end of the PLO and drive the nail in the coffin of the so-called ‘peace process’.
Added on 14/01/2011
Syria News Wire
Hizbollah , Lebanon , Prime Minister , Syria
SYRIA NEWS WIRE: Following Hizbollah’s withdrawal from the unity government, what is next for Prime Minister Hariri?
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 08/01/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Algeria , Amman , Fatah , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Oslo , Palestine , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Tunisia , United Nations , United States , Uruguay , West Bank , Yasser Arafat
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…
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 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…
