Added on 24/07/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Africa , British government , Djibouti , East Africa , Ethiopia , Food and Drink , Italy , Kenya , Libya , Media outlets , Middle East , Organization of Islamic Cooperation , Oxfam , Somalia , Sudan , The Telegraph , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund , United States , World Health Organization
RAMZY BAROUD: Maybe it’s time to save a few bombing runs on Libya and donate the proceeds to the humanitarian catastrophe that’s unfolding in the Horn of Africa?
Added on 14/07/2011
Naseem Tarawnah
Denmark , Egypt , Iraq , Japan , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Palestinian Territories , Sudan , Sweden , Syria , Tunisia , Yemen
NASEEM TARAWNAH: We Jordanians have a problem. We’re always comparing ourselves to others but using the worst of the region as our benchmark.
Added on 11/07/2011
Juan Cole
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Barack Obama , Cairo , Casablanca , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Essam Sharaf , France , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hosni Mubarak , Italy , John Brennan , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , Muammar Qaddafi , Mustafa Abdel Jalil , Nicolas Sarkozy , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Obama administration , Oil states , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Rabat , Riyadh , Silvio Berlusconi , Syria , Tahrir Square , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Turkey , United Nations , United States , White House , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Protestors are out on Tahrir Square again, there is a television ‘debate’ in Syria about democracy, the Americans are working on Saleh while vacillating on Libya and protestors are out on the street in Morocco. A busy week in the region then.
Added on 09/07/2011
James M. Dorsey
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Assad , Colonel , East Africa , Egypt , guard , Gulf Cooperation Council , Iran , Libya , Middle East , Muammar Qaddafi , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Saudi Arabia , Syria , The US ambassador , Tunisia , United Nations , United States , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: Western and Arab nations have more to gain from real engagement with Mr. Assad’s opponents than from symbolic gestures and silence.
Added on 28/06/2011
Juan Cole
Aleppo , Arab League , Bashar al-Assad , Ben Ali , Damascus , Egypt , Facebook , Fatah , Gaza , Hamas , Hizballah , Israel , Khaled Meshaal , Lebanon , Libya , Mubarak , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Syria , Syrian government , Tunisia , Turkey
PAUL NOTAR, INFORMED COMMENT: He’s always been a skilful player of ‘the Palestinian Card’ but as the region changes his hold on that particular narrative is no longer exclusive.
Added on 24/06/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Africa , Al Ahram Weekly , Civil society , Democracy , Egypt , Justice and Development Party (AKP) , Libya , Middle East , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Prime Minister , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Turkey , Turkey’s military , Turkish military
RAMZY BAROUD: It has endured some punishing attacks but the democratic experience in Turkey is presented as a model for the region to follow. How useful is it, however?
Added on 20/06/2011
Juan Cole
Africa , Arab League , Balkans , Barack Obama , Brazil , Congo , Congress , Darfur , Egypt , India , Iraq , Libya , Muammar Qaddafi , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Pakistan , President , Qatar , Rwanda , Syria , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States
JUAN COLE: I believe it’s legal but that doesn’t mean that the West’s military intervention in Libya has been wisely handled.
Added on 17/06/2011
James M. Dorsey
Afghanistan , Arab League , Barack Obama , Bashar al-Assad , China , Colonel , East Africa , Libya , Middle East , North Africa , President , Qaddafi , Russia , Syria , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US House of Representatives
JAMES M. DORSEY: Syria’s increasingly brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters begs the question: when does inaction morph into complicity?
Added on 15/06/2011
Michael J. Totten
Bashar al-Assad , Beirut , Damascus , Hizballah , Lebanon , Libya , Syria , The Times
MICHAEL TOTTEN: Walid Jumblatt, Lebanon’s so-called political weathervane, is on the move again. Bad weather on the horizon for Bashar al-Assad, then?
Added on 15/06/2011
Juan Cole
Bloomberg , BP , David Cameron , France , Italy , Libya , Muammar Qaddafi , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Oil , Pentagon , President , Robert Gates , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of Defense , Silvio Berlusconi , Tony Blair , Tripoli , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States
JUAN COLE: To suggest that the West has cooked up a war against Qaddafi to steal Libyan oil is to demean the bravery of the Libyan people.
Added on 13/06/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Ghazi Gheblawi , Hisham Matar , Journalism , Khaled Mattawa , Libya , Literature , Poet
M. LYNX-QUALEY: ‘Censorship is good for literature’? This was a curious refrain from some East European writers. No way, look at Libya today.
Added on 13/06/2011
David Roberts
Assad , Bahrain , Blogging , Damascus , Edinburgh , Gay Girl , Iran , Libya , Media , Official spokesperson , Security services , Twitter
DAVID ROBERTS: While blogging is good and all, it doen’t come remotely close to the rigour of a good newspaper…
Added on 11/06/2011
Tabsir
Actor , Afghanistan , America , Barack Obama , Binyamin Netanyahu , Central Intelligence Agency , Congress , Egypt , Fatah , Federal Bureau of Investigation , Hamas , Hizballah , IPad , iPhone , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jerusalem , Libya , Middle East , Mossad , oil prices , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Shin Bet , United States , West Bank , White House
LEONAR NIMOY, TABSIR: There is a viable plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It’s the ‘two-state’ solution and its application is, how should I put it, simply logical.
Added on 04/06/2011
Crossroads Arabia
America , Cuba , Egypt , Hiroshima , Iraq , Israel , Khalid Alnowaiser , Libya , Middle East , Mubarak , Nagasaki , Soviet Union , United States , Vietnam
CROSSROADS ARABIA: We know America is far from perfect but it seems to be the source of all evil for many Arabs. One Arab man has had enough and has spoken out.
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 28/05/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Advertising , Bahrain , Ben Ali , Democracy , Egypt , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , Mubarak , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Syria
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Whether it’s Mubarak, ben Ali or bin Laden it’s clear what sort of leadership Arabs don’t want. It’s far less clear however what they are looking for in their leaders.
Added on 27/05/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Bahrain , Censorship , Egypt , Facebook , Jeddah , Libya , One camp , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Yemen
CROSSROADS ARABIA: To argue is to disrespect. To disrespect is to threaten the social order. It’s a pity, though, Saudis feel the need to watch what they say.
Added on 27/05/2011
Juan Cole
African Union , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab government , Benghazi , Democracy , Egypt , Food and Drink , Gaza , Hosni Mubarak , International Criminal Court , Israel , Libya , Middle East , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Sadiq al-Ahmar , Sana’a , United Nations , United States , US embassy , Yemen
JUAN COLE: It’s been a busy few days throughout the Arab World with existing and former dictators finding the going is getting tougher.
Added on 26/05/2011
Tabsir
Al Qaeda , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Army , Civil society , Egypt , Libya , Ministry of Interior , President , Sadiq al-Ahmar , Sana’a , Somalia , Yemen
TABSIR: It looks like Yemen’s President has finally reached the end of the road but he’s giving new definition to the phrase ‘clinging to power’.
Added on 26/05/2011
Dr Abdulkhaleq Abdullah
Abdulkhaleq Abdullah , Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Democracy , Egypt , Gulf News , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Middle East , Oman , Pandora's box , President , Syria , Tunisia , UAE , UAE University , United States
ABDULKHALEQ ABDULLAH: The situation in Bahrain has seriously unnerved other Gulf states and has significantly undermined attempts to promote democracy throughout the region.
