Added on 24/09/2012
Steve Royston
Education , GCC , Middle East
STEVE ROYSTON: Among the many issues facing education ministers in the Middle East, ‘acoustics in classrooms’ is well down the list. But it shouldn’t be.
Added on 20/09/2012
Mich Cafe
Council on American-Islamic Relations , executive director , fundraiser , George Bush , Human Rights Commission , Innocence of Muslims , Iran , Islam , Israel , Metropolitan Transportation Authority , Middle East , Mother Jones , New York , New York Subway , Palestinian Territories , Pamela Geller , President , Subway Ad , The New York Times , United States , Washington , YouTube
MICH CAFE: The ‘Battle to Offend’ seems to be getting more intense by the day. More fuel will be thrown on the fire with the appearance of a U.S ad campaign
Added on 18/09/2012
Tabsir
America , Anders Behring Breivik , Cairo , CNN , Edward Said , Egypt , Gaza , Hamas , Islam , Journalism , Kate Middleton , Libya , Media coverage , Middle East , Mitt Romney , Newsweek , Obama administration , Osama Bin Laden , princess , Rupert Murdoch , Salman Rushdie , Terry Jones , United States , YouTube
DANIEL M. VARISCO: The Newsweek cover this week is lazy and sensationalist. Not a lot has changed since Edward Said wrote a famous essay 30 years ago.
Added on 17/09/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Afghanistan , America , Anders Behring Breivik , Bloomberg , Columbia University , East Asia , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Google+ , Iraq , Islam , Libya , Middle East , Norway , South Asia , The New York Times , The Washington Post , United States , US government , US Supreme Court , Yemen
ROB L. WAGNER: The makers of the film have been clear about their intentions in making it – to incite violence. What rights should they have?
Added on 17/09/2012
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Barack Obama , Bashar al-Assad , Cairo , Chris Stevens , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Israel , Libya , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama , Palestine , President , Sana’a , Syria , Tunisia , United States , Washington , Yemen , YouTube
JUAN COLE: ‘A collapse in tourism’, ‘improvement in Barack Obama’s election chances’ – two of the the most significant predicted outcomes of the crises enveloping the Middle East
Added on 15/09/2012
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Central Asia , China , East Asia , Facebook , James Stavridis , Middle East , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Social Media , Social networking , Taliban , United States
TBIJ: As the fight against terrorism moves from the real battlefield to the cyber battlefield a whole new array of issues are going to have to be managed.
Added on 09/09/2012
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Asia , British government , Bush , Central Intelligence Agency , Colonel , Food and Drink , Gaddafi , Guantanamo Bay , Human Rights Watch , Iraq , Libya , Malaysia , Mali , Middle East , Morocco , Security services , Tripoli , United Kingdom , United States
ALICE ROSS, INFORMED COMMENT: A new report from Human Rights Watch reveals the true extent of Libya’s involvement as a CIA facilitator
Added on 09/09/2012
Steve Royston
Afghanistan , Albania , America , Barack Obama , California , Cambodia , China , Clinton , Congress , Energy , George W. Bush , Hitler , Impotence , Internal Revenue Service , Iraq , Israel , Japan , Jerusalem , Lincoln , Lyndon Johnson , Middle East , midwife , Mitt Romney , National Front , North Carolina , Obama , Pakistan , Paranoia , Paris , Poland , President , prime minster , Richard Nixon , Ronald Reagan , Russia , Sheldon Adelson , Sunday Times , The New York Times , Twitter , United Kingdom , United States , US Elections , US Treasury , Vietnam , White House
STEVE ROYSTON: Preparation involves coming up with diversionary tactics whenever the question is likely to produce a response unpalatable to the listening millions.
Added on 06/09/2012
Susie of Arabia
Al Hamra , Art , Artist , Culture , Henry Moore , Jeddah , Mecca , Medina , Middle East , Oil , Red Sea , Saudi Arabia , Sculptor , United Kingdom
SUSIE OF ARABIA: It’s a little known fact but the original work of some of the world’s most famous sculptors is scattered throughout the Saudi port city.
Added on 05/09/2012
Mondoweiss
America , Ariel Sharon , Baghdad , Caterpillar , Food and Drink , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Germany , guard , International Solidarity Movement , Iraq , Israel , Jennifer Loewenstein , Lebanon , Mainstream media , Middle East , Netanyahu , Netherlands , New York , Oded Gershon , Oil , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , Rachel Corrie , United States , Wisconsin
JENNIFER LOEWENSTEIN, MONDOWEISS: Both individuals wrote diaries about their experience of oppression. Only one, however, is globally celebrated.
Added on 04/09/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Association for Civil Rights in Israel , Israel , Israeli government , Israeli military , Israeli Military Strength , Jerusalem , Middle East , Moshe Yaalon , Negev , Palestine , The New York Times , United Kingdom , United States
ROB L. WAGNER: Israeli violent actions are deemed to produce ‘soul-searching’ while Palestinians are simply ‘mindless thugs’. This attitude poisons hearts and minds.
Added on 03/09/2012
Alexander McNabb
Aleppo , Amman , Beirut , Cairo , CNN , Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , Middle East , Syria , United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
ALEXANDER MCNABB: As a long term resident in the Middle East you become used to seeing favourite places under bombardment
Added on 30/08/2012
Common Ground News Service
Egypt , Europe , Foreign Affairs Committee , Gaza , Israel , Jerusalem , Kurdistan Workers’ Party , Middle East , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Spain , Turkey , Turkish Parliament , United States
FAIK TUNAY, CGNEWS: Relations between Israel and Turkey have deteriorated over the past two years. There is one issue at its heart.
Added on 30/08/2012
Susan Al Shahri
Eid , Middle East , Mirbat , Oman , Qatar , Ramadan , Tourism , United Arab Emirates
SUSAN AL SHAHRI: We’re all suffering from post-invasion stress in Dhofar following the unprecedented influx of tourists during Eid.
Added on 25/08/2012
Syria News Wire
Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Jillian York , Journalism , Matthew Teller , Middle East , Nick Cohen , Syria
SYRIA NEWS WIRE: Eight years ago the prevailing opinion about the future of Syria was optimistic. A British journalist knew better than everyone apparently
Added on 24/08/2012
Common Ground News Service
American University in Cairo , Cairo , Kuwait , Middle East , Professor of Sociology , Social Media , United Nations , United States , Women , Women's issues
HELEN RIZZO, CGNEWS: There is a surprising degree of commonality between the objectives of Western and Arab feminists
Added on 22/08/2012
Common Ground News Service
Daily Forward , Haaretz , Hamas , Holocaust , Israel , Mahmoud Abbas , Media coverage , Media outlets , Middle East , Natalia Simanovsky , North America , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian government , Palestinian Territories , President , research officer
NATALIA SIMANOVSKY: The visit by a Palestinian official was not deemed suitable to receive strong coverage only its condemnation by Hamas
Added on 20/08/2012
Juan Cole
Ali Khamenei , America , Barack Obama , Barak , Binyamin Netanyahu , Democratic Party , Ehud Barak , Gaza Strip , Hamas , Iran , Israel , Israeli government , Lebanon , Middle East , Netanyahu , Obama , President , Prime Minister , Sheldon Adelson , Shimon Peres , United States , US intelligence , USG , West Bank
JUAN COLE: Netanyahu and Barak were intent on boxing Obama into a corner. But the wily octogenarian, Shimon Peres, has stepped in.
Added on 17/08/2012
Tabsir
Abdullah bin Zayed , Actor , Dubai , guard , Islam , Mali , Media , Middle East , Qatar , Ramadan , Reuters , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates
DANIEL M. VARISCO: In its depiction of the life of the second caliph a television epic has touched a nerve while attracting huge viewing numbers
Added on 17/08/2012
The View From Fez
Abdelilah Benkirane , Afghanistan , Africa , African Union , Al Qaeda , Algeria , Algiers , BBC , Burkina Faso , Canada , Captain , electricity consumption , EUR , Europe , European Union , foreign ministry official , France , interim President , Le Matin , Libya , Mali , Mauritania , Middle East , military leader , Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz , Morocco , Niger , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Northern Mali , Obama administration , Paris , political solution , President , Prime Minister , Quebec , Rabat , Sahara , Security Council , Somalia , Soviet Union , starvation , Taliban , The Maghreb , The Telegraph , Tripoli , Tunisia , UN Security Council , United Nations , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , United States , Washington , West Africa , Western Libya , White House , World Bank
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: While international attention is focused on Syria events in the Maghreb are threatening to spin out of control