Added on 05/12/2012
Mondoweiss
Alan Dershowitz , America , Andrew Sullivan , Ben Gurion , Berlin , David Remnick , Eric Alterman , Ethan Bronner , Europe , Furkan Dogan , Gaza , Hannah Arendt , Iran , Israel , Israel’s army , Jeffrey Goldberg , Jerusalem , Journalist , Kenya , Likud Party , Mainstream media , Matthew Yglesias , Middle East , New York Times , Norman Finkelstein , Oslo , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Peter Beinart , Prague , President , Prime Minister , public editor , Rachel Corrie , Rami Khouri , Spencer Ackerman , The New York Times , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: If you want to understand what’s happening in Palestine/Israel it’s essential to understand Zionism. Where is it mentioned though?
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 07/08/2011
Michael J. Totten
Anwar Sadat , Armin Rosen , Army , Beirut , Bucharest , Budapest , Cairo , Center for Political and Strategic Studies , Democracy , EGP , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Electricity , Europe , Food and Drink , Free Egypt Party , Gamal Abdel Nasser , head of state , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Journalist , Lebanon , Middle East , Mohamed Hussein Tantawi , Mohammad Adel , Muslim Brotherhood , Paranoia , Prague , Prime Minister , Salafist , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Sweden , Syria , Tahrir Square , United States , vice chairman , Wafd , Wafd Party , Zamalek
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: I’ve spent a lot of time with the key players in Egypt’s developing democracy. It’s very clear that the real battle for the country’s – and the region’s – future has just begun.
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 03/02/2011
Steve Royston
Africa , Berlin , Cairo , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Indonesia , Jeddah , Martial law , Middle East , Pakistan , Prague , Satellite channels , Tahrir Square , Thailand , Tiananmen Square , US embassy
STEVE ROYSTON: The Egyptians are lovely people. It’s heartbreaking to see heads breaking and eyes white with hatred. Please God it ends soon.
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.