Added on 03/12/2012
James M. Dorsey
Ahmed Harara , America , Asian Football Confederation , Avi Luzon , BBC , FIFA , Football , Gaza , Hamas , Islamic Jihad , Israel , Israel Football Association , Israeli army , Jibril Rajoub , Mahmoud Sarsak , Mediterranean , Michel Platini , national team player , Palestine , Palestinian Football Association , Palestinian Territories , President , Sepp Blatter , Soccer , UEFA

JAMES M. DORSEY: Four young Palestinian footballers were killed in a bombing during Israel’s assault on Gaza. Enough is enough, say some top footballers.
Added on 15/10/2012
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Benazir Bhutto , Cambodia , Egypt , India , Indonesia , Iran , Islamabad , Jordan , Karachi , Kuwait , Malala Yousufzai , Mediterranean , Middle East , Morocco , Northern Pakistan , Pakistan , Pakistani military , Prime Minister , Ronald Reagan , Saudi Arabia , Solar energy , South Asia , Soviet Union , Swat Valley , Taliban , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States

JUAN COLE: The Taliban are widely despised among the population of rural Pakistan. The biggest threat facing girls in this environment is a government that doesn’t care
Added on 28/09/2012
Common Ground News Service
Algeria , Civil society , Common Ground News Service , Democracy , Mediterranean , Search for Common Ground , Tunis , Tunisia , Youth

NOUR AWAISS, CGNEWS: So prominent in the protests that swept over the country last year Tunisia’s young people seem to be absent from public discourse now
Added on 25/08/2012
Juan Cole
Apartheid , Avigdor Lieberman , Brazil , Danny Ayalon , Egypt , Gaza , International Court of Justice , Israel , Israeli Air Force , Israeli government , Mediterranean , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , South Africa , Turkey , UN Security Council , United States , West Bank

JUAN COLE: Ayalon’s despererate and over-the-top rhetoric smells of fear, fear that when South Africa calls you on Apartheid policies, it legitimizes that critique of the Greater Israel project…
Added on 16/08/2012
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Algeria , Algiers , Arab Spring , Bahrain , Cairo , East Africa , Egypt , Electricity , Energy , Europe , Hosni Mubarak , Jordan , Manama , Mediterranean , Middle East , Mohamed Bouazizi , Morocco , North Africa , Oil , oil and gas cities , policeman , President , Rabat , Sana’a , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Syria , Tripoli , Tunis , Tunisia , Yemen , Zine El Abedine Ben Ali

JAMES M. DORSEY: The civil war in Syria dominates the news the wave of protests in the smaller cities of Arab states foretells a groundswell of mass demonstration.
Added on 22/07/2012
David Roberts
Abdullah , Assad , Central Intelligence Agency , Chemical weapons , Churchill , Damascus , Euphrates , Greece , Hamas , Hassan Nasrallah , Hizballah , html , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Levant , Libya , Mediterranean , Middle East , Moscow , Operation Damascus Volcano , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Security Council , Syria , Syrian army , Turkey , UN Security Council

DAVID ROBERTS: Russia is unfazed about alienating swathes of the Middle East not to mention the majority of Syrians, believing in time their position can be reasserted
Added on 05/07/2012
Common Ground News Service
American University , American University in Washington , DC , Germany , Israel , Jaffa , Mediterranean , Palestine , Tel Aviv , Washington , West Bank

FRANZISKA KABELITZ, CGNEWS: In a controversial programme young Palestinian children are invited to spend one day on Israeli beaches.
Added on 25/06/2012
Juan Cole
Ahmad Shafiq , Alexandria , Amr Moussa , Cairo , Egypt , elected president , Elections , France , Hamdeen Sabahi , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Mediterranean , Middle East , Mohammed Morsi , Muhammad Mursi , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party , National Democratic Party , Novelist , President , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , Supreme Court

JUAN COLE: One problem for Mursi is mollifying the Egyptians who are terrified of him, fearing he wants to turn their fun-loving country into a grim Saudi Arabia.
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 06/04/2012
Common Ground News Service
Army , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Hebrew University , Iran , Israel , Israeli government , Jerusalem , Jordan , Mediterranean , Middle East , Palestine , Syria , the Christian Science Monitor , United States , West Bank

BEN LYNFIELD, CGNEWS: Gershom Gorenberg, an Israeli historian, spells out how Israel can re-invent itself as a liberal democracy
Added on 01/03/2012
Michael J. Totten
Algeria , Arab Spring , Army , Bashar al-Assad , Ben Ali , Budapest , Cairo , Democracy , East Africa , Eastern Mediterranean , Egypt , Iran , Islam , Islamist party , Lebanon , Libya , Mediterranean , Middle East , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Prague , Prime Minister , Sahara , Sharia Law , Syria , Tripoli , Tunisia , United States

MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Largely forgotten in the West, Tunisia is where the great movements and ideas of the Arab Spring are fighting a huge battle.
Added on 12/12/2011
Mich Cafe
Catholic Church , Christianity , Christmas , Damascus , Deir Mar Musa , Lebanon , Life , Mediterranean , Middle East , Paolo Dall’Oglio , Protests , Red Crescent , Red Cross , Rome , Syria , Syrian Desert , Syrian government

MICH CAFE: A fortnight ago, Fr. Paolo posted a Christmas message on the monastery’s web site. The message did not go down well in Damascus.
Added on 27/11/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Ahmet Davutoglu , Aleppo , Ankara , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Foreign Policy , France , Free Syrian Army , Iran , Israel , Istanbul , Lebanon , Libya , Mediterranean , Muslim Brotherhood , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Prime Minister , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Syria , Syrian government , Syrian National Council , The Financial Times , the Palestine Chronicle , Turkey

RAMZY AL BAROUD: However, the Syrian uprising in March leading the country down the road to civil war – has forced Turkey to abandon its ‘zero-problems’ foreign policy.
Added on 21/11/2011
James M. Dorsey
Al Ahly , Al Ahly SC , Al Zamalek , Alexandria , Cairo stadium , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian Football Association , Football , Hosni Mubarak , Italy , Mediterranean , Premier League , President , Rubber bullets , Serbia , Soccer , Tahrir Square , Tear gas

JAMES M. DORSEY: It’s looking likely that the authorities will, for the second time this year, postpone or suspend professional soccer leagues.
Added on 21/10/2011
Juan Cole
Abu Salim prison , Arab League , Baghdad , Beirut , Brazil , congressman , Egypt , Food and Drink , International Criminal Court , Jim Jones , Jonestown , Liberia , Libya , Mediterranean , Myanmar , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Oil production , Oil states , Poland , President , Qaddafi , Scotland , Security Council , Sierra Leone , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Tunisia

JUAN COLE: The demise of Qaddafi means there’s a contiguous bloc of 100 million Arabs who’ve thrown off dictatorship. The violent end was inevitable.
Added on 28/09/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Abu Dhabi , Arabic , AUC Press , British Council , Cairo , Denys Johnson-Davies , Egypt , Egyptian Book Organization , Egyptian government , Elias Khoury , Humphrey Davies , Ibrahim Aslan , Israel , Literature , Mahmoud Darwish , Mediterranean , Middle East , Orhan Pamuk , Turkey , Turkish government , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom

M. LYNX-QUALEY: Unlike most Western governments there is little appetite among any Arab government for the translation and promotion of literature. It’s a great shame.
Added on 26/07/2011
Mich Cafe
Beirut , Energy , Lebanon , Mediterranean , Mount , Mount Lebanon , Sporting Club , Tripoli

MICH CAFE: Many places were out of bounds during the Civil War so it came as an enormous pleasure to wander freely during my recent trip.
Added on 25/07/2011
Common Ground News Service
Cordoba , Germany , Islam , Israel , Jerusalem , Mediterranean , Morocco , New York , Osama Bin Laden , Spain , United States

LEWIS GROPP, CGNEWS: A recently released documentary highlights much that was little known about Muslim Spain. Its two ‘stars’ are a couple of Islamic and Jewish philosophers.
Added on 22/06/2011
Alexander McNabb
Beirut , British government , Cliffhouse restaurant , Geekfest , Kim Philby , London , Mediterranean , Shemlan

ALEXANDER MCNABB: Looking out over Beirut from Shemlan never fails to take my breath away.
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.